cheiro

See also: cheiro-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cheiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from cheirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛj.ɾo̝/, /ˈt͡ʃej.ɾo̝/

Noun

1. scent, odour, smell

   Synonyms: olor, recendo, ulido

2. stench
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C. S. I. C., page 34:

     Et tã mao era o cheiro dos que morriã que, ante os soterrauã por suas casas os que cõ eles aviã de adubar, et desque falesçeu a custa por que os soterrauã, lançauanos tras los muros.

     And the stench of the dead ones was so bad that (initially the ones who have to deal with them were burying them at their houses) since the very moment that their strength[?] failed, they threw them over the walls

   Synonyms: cheirume, fedor

3. olfaction, the sense of smell

   Synonym: olfacto

Derived terms

• cheiracús
• cheirento
• cheirón
• cheirume

Verb

cheiro

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cheiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “cheiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from cheirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐj.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: chei‧ro

Noun

1. smell (sensation)

Verb

cheiro