grandeiro

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾanˈdejɾo/ [ɡɾan̪ˈd̪ej.ɾʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡɾanˈdejɾo/ [ɡɾan̪ˈd̪ej.ɾʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħɾanˈdejɾo/ [ħɾan̪ˈd̪ej.ɾʊ]

• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: gran‧dei‧ro

Etymology 1

From grande (“big”) +‎ -eiro.

Adjective

grandeiro (feminine grandeira, masculine plural grandeiros, feminine plural grandeiras)

1. sizable; rather large

   Antonym: pequeneiro

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *grãeiro, from Latin granarium (compare sandar, rebanda). Cognate with Spanish granero.

Noun

grandeiro m (plural grandeiros)

1. hopper (of a mill)

   Synonym: moega

References

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