queixo

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

queixo

  1. only used in em queixo, first-person singular present indicative of queixar-se

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkejʃo/ [ˈkej.ʃʊ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ejʃo
  • Hyphenation: quei‧xo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus (cheese). Compare Portuguese queijo, Spanish queso.

Alternative forms

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

  1. cheese
    • 1286, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:
      huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios
      a bowl of butter and two cheeses

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (box); compare with Portuguese queixo, cf. also Spanish quijada.

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

  1. (anatomy) chin
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:
      Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas et os peytos moyto enformados.
      He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad, and his breast well developed

Etymology 3

Verb

queixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Vulgar Latin *capseum, from Latin capsa + -eus.

    Noun

    queixo m (plural queixos)

    1. chin (bottom of a face)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Galician: queixo
    • Portuguese: queixo, queyxo (obsolete)

    References

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʃu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃu]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʃo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃo]
     

    • Rhymes: -eʃu, -ejʃu, -ɐjʃu
    • Hyphenation: quei‧xo

    Etymology 1

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseum, from Latin capsa (box).

      Noun

      queixo m (plural queixos)

      1. chin (bottom of the face)
        Synonym: (less common) mento
      2. each of the curved parts of the turquoise or other similar instruments
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      queixo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar

      Further reading