pedreiro

Galician

Etymology

From pedra (stone) + -eiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈðɾejɾo̝/

Noun

pedreiro m (plural pedreiros, feminine pedreira, feminine plural pedreiras)

  1. stonemason
    Synonym: canteiro
    • 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 207:
      mando que non possan tomar as ditas pesoas et coengos et homes boos da dita iglesia por panigoados os ofiçiales conuen a saber os carpenteiros et pedreiros et carniçeyros et ferreyros et çapateyros et peliteyros et mercadores
      I command that no churchman could take for a stooge any official, i.e., the carpenters and stonemasons and butchers and smiths and shoemakers and furriers and merchants
  2. landmark

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedreiro, from pedra (rock) + -eiro (-eer), or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *petrārius, from Latin petra (rock), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, stone, rock). Compare Spanish pedrero, Asturian pedreru, Catalan pedrer, Occitan peirièr, Romanian pietrar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈdɾe(j).ɾu/ [peˈdɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈdɾe(j).ɾo/ [peˈdɾe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈdɾɐj.ɾu/ [pɨˈðɾɐj.ɾu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈdɾej.ɾu/ [pɨˈðɾej.ɾu]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈdɾej.ɾu/ [pɨˈðɾej.ɾu]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈdɾe.ɾu/ [pɨˈðɾe.ɾu]

  • Hyphenation: pe‧drei‧ro

Noun

pedreiro m (plural pedreiros, feminine pedreira, feminine plural pedreiras)

  1. mason; builder; bricklayer
    Synonyms: alvanel, construtor, obreiro

Derived terms

  • pedreirinho
  • pedreiro-das-barreiras
  • pedreiro-livre