limoeiro

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician limón

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Galician -eiro

Galician limoeiro

From limón + -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [limoˈejɾʊ]

Noun

limoeiro m (plural limoeiros)

1. lemon tree

Related terms

• limón

References

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

Portuguese

limoeiro

Etymology

Etymology tree

Austroasiaticbor.

Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor.

Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū)bor.

Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn)bor.

Portuguese limão

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese limoeiro

From limão (“lemon fruit”) + -eiro (“forms tree names”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.moˈe(j).ɾu/ [li.moˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.moˈe(j).ɾu/ [li.moˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.moˈe(j).ɾo/ [li.moˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmwɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmwɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmwej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmwej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmwe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: li‧mo‧ei‧ro

Noun

limoeiro m (plural limoeiros)

1. lemon (tree)
2. (Brazil) lime (tree)

   Synonym: limeira

3. (South Brazil) lemandarin (tree), rangpur (tree)

Usage notes

• See limão § Usage notes.

Hypernyms

• rutácea

Coordinate terms

• laranjeira

Related terms

• limão

Further reading

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