vidro

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from vitrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wed- (“water”).

Cognate with Portuguese vidro, Spanish vidrio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbidɾo/ [ˈbi.ð̞ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -idɾo
• Syllabification: vi‧dro

Noun

vidro m (plural vidros)

1. (uncountable) glass (material)

   A honra é unha xoia de gran prezo mais como o vidro axiña se vos creba.

   Honor is a jewel of great price, but like glass it can quickly break.

2. glass (a pane of glass; a window (especially of a coach or similar vehicle))
3. (in the plural) glasses
4. glaze

   Synonym: lazo

Related terms

• vidroso

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vydro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vitreus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβidɾo/
• Rhymes: -idɾo
• Hyphenation: vi‧dro

Noun

vidro m (uncountable)

1. glass (material)

Descendants

• Fala: (Lagarteiru) bridu
• Galician: vidro
• Portuguese: vidro
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: bidru
  • → Japanese: ビードロ (bīdoro)
  • → Tetum: vidru

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vidro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “vidro”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vidro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from vitrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wed- (“water”).

Cognate with Galician vidro, Spanish vidrio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾu/ [ˈvi.ðɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾu/ [ˈvi.ðɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.dɾu/ [ˈbi.ðɾu]

• Rhymes: -idɾu
• Hyphenation: vi‧dro

Noun

vidro m (plural vidros)

1. glass (the material)

Derived terms

• cobra-de-vidro
• harmônica de vidro
• lã de vidro
• telhado de vidro
• vidraça
• vidrão
• vidrar
• vidraria
• vidreiro
• vidrento
• vidrilho
• vidrinho

Related terms

• vidrado
• vidroso
• vitral
• vítreo
• vitrificar

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: bidru
• → Japanese: ビードロ (bīdoro)
• → Tetum: vidru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vidro

1. first-person singular present indicative of vidrar

Further reading

• “vidro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vidro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “vidro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “vidro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovene

Noun

vídro

1. accusative/instrumental singular of vidra