queixo

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈke.ʃu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈke.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈkej.ʃo]

Verb

queixo

1. only used in em queixo, first-person singular present indicative of queixar-se

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkejʃo/ [ˈkej.ʃʊ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ejʃo
• Hyphenation: quei‧xo

Etymology 1

Galician homemade queixos ("cheeses")

Queixo do Cebreiro, an eastern Galician cow cheese

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Compare Portuguese queijo, Spanish queso.

Alternative forms

• queijo (reintegrationist)

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

1. cheese
   • 1286, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:

     huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios

     a bowl of butter and two cheeses

Related terms

• queixaría
• queixeiro
• requeixo

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”); compare with Portuguese queixo, cf. also Spanish quijada.

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

1. (anatomy) chin
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:

     Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas et os peytos moyto enformados.

     He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad, and his breast well developed

Related terms

• queixada

Etymology 3

Verb

queixo

1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• queyxo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʃu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʃu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʃo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐj.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐj.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʃu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʃu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ʃu/

• Rhymes: -eʃu, -ejʃu, -ɐjʃu
• Hyphenation: quei‧xo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”).

Queixo

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

1. (anatomy) chin (bottom of the face)

   Synonym: mento

2. each of the curved parts of the turquoise or other similar instruments

Derived terms

• cair de queixo
• cair o queixo
• de queixo caído
• quebra-queixo

 

Related terms

• queixada
• queixal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

queixo

1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar