parteira

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician parto

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Galician -eiro

Galician parteira

From parto + -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈtejɾa/ [paɾˈt̪ej.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾa
• Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra

Noun

parteira f (plural parteiras)

1. midwife

Related terms

• parto

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “parteira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parteira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parteira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From parto (“birth; delivery”) +‎ -eira (“-eer”), from Old Galician-Portuguese parto, from Latin partus (“birth”), from pariō (“to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [pahˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [pahˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [paɾˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [paχˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /paɻˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [paɻˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈte.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
• Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra

Noun

parteira f (plural parteiras)

1. midwife (person who assists in childbirth)
2. female equivalent of parteiro

Related terms

• parto

Further reading

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