ferreiro

See also: Ferreiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro, from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). Equivalent to ferro +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈrejɾo/ [feˈrej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo

Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)

1. blacksmith (iron forger)

   En cas do ferreiro coitelo de pau. ― In the house of the smith, wooden knife. (proverb)

2. blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

   Synonym: ferreiriño

3. stingray

   Synonym: estinga

Derived terms

• Ferreiro
• Ferreiros
• Ferreirós
• Ferreirous
• Vilaferreiros
• Vilar de Ferreiros

Related terms

• ferrador
• ferraría
• ferro

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fereiro, fereyro, ferreyro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ferrārius. By surface analysis, ferro +‎ -eiro.

Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros)

1. blacksmith (person who forges iron)

Derived terms

• Ferreira

Descendants

• Fala: ferreiru
• Galician: ferreiro
• Portuguese: ferreiro
  • → Old Tupi: pereru

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fer+e[iy]j?ro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ferre@ro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “ferreiro”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro (compare Galician ferreiro), from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). By surface analysis, ferro +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [feˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈʁe(j).ɾo/ [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁe.ɾu/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: fer‧rei‧ro

Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)

1. blacksmith (iron forger)

   Coordinate terms: ourives, prateiro

Related terms

• ferrado
• ferrador
• ferradura
• ferrageiro
• ferragem
• ferragista
• ferramenta
• ferramenteiro
• ferrar
• ferraria
• férreo
• ferro
• ferro-velho
• ferrugem

Descendants

• → Old Tupi: pereru

Further reading

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