baleeiro

Galician

Etymology

From balea (“whale”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baleˈejɾo̝/, /baliˈejɾo̝/

Noun

baleeiro m (plural baleeiros)

1. whaler (vessel or person)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “baleeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “baleeiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baleeiro”, 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), “baleeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Baleeiro americano

Etymology

From baleia +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈe(j).ɾu/ [ba.leˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /ba.liˈe(j).ɾu/ [ba.lɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlje(j).ɾu/ [baˈlje(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈe(j).ɾu/ [ba.leˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /ba.liˈe(j).ɾu/ [ba.lɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /baˈlje(j).ɾu/ [baˈlje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈe(j).ɾo/ [ba.leˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈljɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈljɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈljej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈljej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlje.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ba‧le‧ei‧ro

Noun

baleeiro m (plural baleeiros)

1. whaler (vessel or person)

Adjective

baleeiro (feminine baleeira, masculine plural baleeiros, feminine plural baleeiras)

1. of or relating to whales or whaling

Further reading

• “baleeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025