loureiro
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See also: Loureiro
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese loureiro.
Noun
[edit]loureiro (countable and uncountable, plural loureiros)
- A grape variety cultivated in Spain and Portugal, used in the production of white wine.
- 2018 March 8, Eric Asimov, “Bubbles, With Joy: Pétillant Naturel’s Triumphant Return”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The 2016 Phaunus Vinho Verde from Aphros in Portugal, made entirely of the loureiro grape, seemed to have the weight and depth of Champagne.
- A variety of white wine made from this grape.
Galician
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese loureiro, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus. By surface analysis, louro (“laurel, laurel leaf”) + eiro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]loureiro m (plural loureiros)
- bay (Laurus nobilis)
- bay leaf
- a grape variety local to Galicia and Portugal
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “loureyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “loureyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “loureiro”, 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), “loureiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “loureiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese loureiro, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius,[1] from Latin laurus. By surface analysis, louro (“laurel, laurel leaf”) + -eiro.[2][3]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]loureiro m (plural loureiros)
- bay (Laurus nobilis, a shrub of the Mediterranean)
- Synonym: louro
Descendants
[edit]- → English: loureiro
References
[edit]- ^ As árvores na toponímia portuguesa by João Pinho
- ^ “loureiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “loureiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu
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