feiticeiro

Galician

Etymology

Feitizo (“spell”) +‎ -eiro. Cognate with Portuguese feiticeiro and Spanish hechicero.

Attested circa 1300.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fejtiˈθejɾo̝/

Noun

feiticeiro m (plural feiticeiros, feminine feiticeira, feminine plural feiticeiras)

1. sorcerer

   Synonyms: bruxo, meigo

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 11:

     Et este dom Rramiro era bõo aos bõos et brauo aos maos et desfazia da sa terra os ladrões et queymaua os feytizeyros

     And this lord Ramiro was good with the good, and harsh with the bad, and he threw away the thieves from his realm and burned the sorcerers

Related terms

• feitizo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “feytizeyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “feyti”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “feiticeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “feiticeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From feitiço +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fej.t͡ʃiˈse(j).ɾu/ [feɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fej.t͡ʃiˈse(j).ɾu/ [feɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fej.t͡ʃiˈse(j).ɾo/ [feɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈse(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐj.tiˈsɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐj.tiˈsɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fej.tiˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fej.tiˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fe.tiˈse.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: fei‧ti‧cei‧ro

Noun

feiticeiro m (plural feiticeiros, feminine feiticeira, feminine plural feiticeiras)

1. sorcerer, wizard

Related terms

• feitiçaria

See also

• bruxo
• mago