seixoeira

Portuguese

Etymology

Perhaps from seixo +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /se(j).ʃoˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [se(ɪ̯).ʃoˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se(j).ʃoˈe(j).ɾa/ [se(ɪ̯).ʃoˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐjˈʃwɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejˈʃwej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejˈʃwej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /seˈʃwe.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: sei‧xo‧ei‧ra

Noun

seixoeira f (plural seixoeiras)

knot (Tringa canutus, a species of wading bird)

Derived terms

seixoeira-comum
seixoeira-grande

Further reading

“seixoeira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025