louro

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese louro (“dark coloured”), from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Cognate with Portuguese louro.

Pronunciation

Adjective

louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)

  1. dark blonde; blonde; golden
  2. black; dark brown; dark purple

Noun

louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

  1. laurel tree
    • 1409, Pensado Tomé, José Luis (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:
      Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louro
      For this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil
    Synonym: loureiro
  2. blonde person

Derived terms

See also

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈlo(w).ɾu/
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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

Noun

louro m (plural s, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

  1. blond (fair haired person)
    Coordinate terms: moreno, ruivo
  2. blond (pale golden brown colour)
    Synonym: fulvo
  3. laurel (plant)
    Synonyms: lauro, loureiro
  4. laurel leaf, used as food

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

Synonyms
  • (fair haired person): alemão (Santa Catarina, Brazil, slang), galego (Northeast, Brazil, slang), polaco (Paraná, Brazil, slang)

Adjective

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  1. blonde (having blonde hair)
  2. blonde (blonde coloured)
    Synonyms: fúlvido, fulvo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

Related terms

Etymology 2

Possibly (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Maori nori[1].

Noun

louro m (plural s)

  1. parrot
    Synonym: papagaio

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

References

  1. ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2012 May 21 (last accessed), archived from the original on 27 May 2012
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