peitoril

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pectorilis, *pectorile, from Latin pectus (chest). Compare Spanish pretil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pejtoˈɾil/

Noun

peitoril m (plural peitorís)

  1. (architecture) windowsill, sill
    Synonym: antepeito
  2. (architecture) parapet
    Synonyms: antepeito, parapeito, varanda
    • 1450, A. Fernández Salgado, editor, A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 88:
      Jten faser todo de nouo os peytorij́ns das ditas casas e poer jaztas e sobrejaztas, e rrecorrer o soyo dos sobrados das ditas casas.
      Item, to rebuild the parapets of the aforementioned houses, to put the bearers and the joists, and to lie down the planking of the upper floors

References


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pectorīlis, from Latin pectus (chest). Compare Spanish pretil.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pej.toˈɾiw/ [peɪ̯.toˈɾiʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐj.tuˈɾil/ [pɐj.tuˈɾiɫ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pej.tuˈɾil/ [pej.tuˈɾiɫ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /pej.tuˈɾil/ [pej.tuˈɾiɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pe.tuˈɾi.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: pei‧to‧ril

Noun

peitoril m (plural peitoris)

  1. (architecture) windowsill, sill, parapet
    Synonym: parapeito