loureiro

See also: Loureiro

English

Alternative forms

• Loureiro

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese loureiro.

Noun

loureiro (countable and uncountable, plural loureiros)

1. 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.

2. A variety of white wine made from this grape.

Galician

Loureiro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese loureiro, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus. By surface analysis, louro (“laurel, laurel leaf”) +‎ eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lou̯ˈɾei̯ɾʊ]

Noun

loureiro m (plural loureiros)

1. bay (Laurus nobilis)

   Synonyms: gamallo, louro

2. bay leaf
3. a grape variety local to Galicia and Portugal

Derived terms

• loureira
• Loureiral
• Loureiro
• Loureiros

Related terms

• lorbaga
• louro
• Loureda
• Louredo
• Lourido

References

• “loureyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “loureyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “loureiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “loureiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “loureiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese loureiro, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus. By surface analysis, louro (“laurel, laurel leaf”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾe(j).ɾu/ [lo(ʊ̯)ˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾe(j).ɾu/ [lo(ʊ̯)ˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾe(j).ɾo/ [lo(ʊ̯)ˈɾe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lowˈɾej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lo(w)ˈɾej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /loˈɾe.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
• Homophone: Loureiro
• Hyphenation: lou‧rei‧ro

Noun

loureiro m (plural loureiros)

1. bay (Laurus nobilis, a shrub of the Mediterranean)

   Synonym: louro

Descendants

• → English: loureiro