chanteiro

Galician

Galician cabbage (verza); note the ever-growing chanteiro

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician chantar

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Galician -eiro

Galician chanteiro

From chantar (“to plant, to thrust”) + -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃanˈtei̯ɾʊ]

Noun

chanteiro m (plural chanteiros)

1. stalk or stem of a plant, specially of a cabbage or when left on the ground

   Synonyms: coeiro, couceiro

2. stake or slab used for making fences

   Synonym: vargo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chanteiro”, 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), “chanteiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chanteiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN