parteira

Galician

Etymology

From parto +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈtejɾa/ [paɾˈt̪ej.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾa
• Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra

Noun

parteira f (plural parteiras)

1. midwife

Related terms

• parto

References

• “parteira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “parteira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “parteira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From parto (“birth; delivery”) +‎ -eira (“-eer”), from Old Galician-Portuguese parto, from Latin partus (“birth”), from pariō (“to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [pahˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [pahˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [paɾˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [paχˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paɻˈte(j).ɾa/ [paɻˈte(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈte.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
• Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra

Noun

parteira f (plural parteiras)

1. midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)
2. female equivalent of parteiro

Related terms

• parto