queixo

Catalan

Verb

queixo

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʃʊ/

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Etymology 1

Galician homemade queixos ("cheeses")

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

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

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

1. chin
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), 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 back was broad, and his breast well developed

Related terms

• queixada

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “queixo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “queyg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “queixo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• queyxo (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Queixo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʃu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʃo/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɐj.ʃu/
• Hyphenation: quei‧xo

Noun

queixo m (plural s)

1. chin (bottom of the face)

Synonyms

• mento

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cair de queixo
• cair o queixo

• de queixo caído
• quebra-queixo

Related terms

• queixada
• queixal