outeiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• aiteiro, eiteiro

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese outeiro, attested since the 9th century as Medieval Latin autarium, auctarium, probably from Latin altārium, from Latin altus (“high”) (compare outo, Montouto (“High-Mount”)). Cognate with Portuguese outeiro and Spanish otero. Cf. also altar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /owˈtejɾo/

Noun

outeiro m (plural s)

1. hillock, knoll; peak

Derived terms

• Outeiral
• Outeiriño
• Outeiro
• Outeiro de Rei

References

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• “auctari” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “outeiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• “outeiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

outeiro

Alternative forms

• oiteiro
• outeyro (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese outeiro, probably from Latin altārium, or a derivative, with the suffix -eiro, of an unattested Old Portuguese *outo, from Latin altus (“high”) (see alto). Cognate with Galician outeiro and Spanish otero. Cf. also altar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o(w).ˈtɐj.ɾu/, /o(w).ˈtej.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: ou‧tei‧ro

Noun

outeiro m (plural s)

1. hillock, knoll
   • 1891, Eça de Queirós (translator), H. Rider Haggard (English author), As minas de Salomão (King Solomon's Mines), Lugan & Genelioux, page 94:

     […] no cimo de cada uma, um immenso outeiro […] todo coberto de neve, semelhava exactissimamente […] o bico d'um peito.

     […] on the top of each was a vast round hillock covered with snow, exactly corresponding to the nipple on the female breast.