cordeiro

See also: Cordeiro

Galician

Cordeiro

Etymology 1

From an older *cordeleiro ("string maker"), from cordel (“string”) + -eiro, influenced by the open stressed vowel in corda (“string”).

Alternative forms

• cordeeiro, cordieiro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔɾˈdejɾo/ [kɔɾˈð̞ej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: cor‧dei‧ro

Noun

cordeiro m (plural cordeiros)

1. ropemaker; rope dealer
2. tool for making ropes

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese cordeyro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin *cordārium, from the Latin expression agnus cordus ("late-born lamb"), from Latin chordus (“late-born”).

Cordeiro or año ("lamb")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈdejɾo/ [koɾˈð̞ej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: cor‧dei‧ro

Noun

cordeiro m (plural cordeiros)

1. lamb

   Synonym: año

See also

• ovella

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cordeiro”, 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), “cordeiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cordeiro”, 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), “cordeiro”, 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), “cordeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cordeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cordeiro, from Vulgar Latin *cordārium, from the Latin agnus cordus (“late-born lamb”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈde(j).ɾu/ [koɦˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈde(j).ɾu/ [koɦˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈde(j).ɾu/ [koɾˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈde(j).ɾu/ [koʁˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /koɻˈde(j).ɾu/ [koɻˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈde(j).ɾo/ [koɦˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈdɐj.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðɐj.ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈdɐj.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðɐj.ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈdej.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðej.ɾu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈdej.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðej.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈde.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðe.ɾu]

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• Homophone: Cordeiro
• Hyphenation: cor‧dei‧ro

Noun

cordeiro m (plural cordeiros, feminine cordeira, feminine plural cordeiras)

1. lamb (young sheep)

   Synonym: anho

Related terms

• ovelha, carneiro

Further reading

• “cordeiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cordeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026