vieira
Galician
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician/Old Galician-Portuguese *vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria ("shell of Venus"), from Latin Venus.
Pronunciation
Noun
vieira f (plural vieiras)
- great scallop, St James shell (Pecten Maximus)
- 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:
- O noso patrón, santiño ben feito, da barba dourada, que está no seu eido sentado e vestido cal fora romeiro, con súa escraviña e co seu chapeo que ten muitas conchas só do mar do reino, conchiñas vieiras abondo e a desexo
- Our patron, such a handsomely built saint, with his golden beard, who sits in his place dressed as a pilgrim, with his cape and his hat which have many shell, but just from the sea of the kingdom [of Galicia], scallop shells enough and as many as you would like
- O noso patrón, santiño ben feito, da barba dourada, que está no seu eido sentado e vestido cal fora romeiro, con súa escraviña e co seu chapeo que ten muitas conchas só do mar do reino, conchiñas vieiras abondo e a desexo
- 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:
Descendants
- Spanish: vieira
Further reading
- “vieira”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vieira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese vẽeira, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin veneria, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Venus.
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: Vieira
- Hyphenation: vi‧ei‧ra
Noun
vieira f (plural s)
- scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician vieira.
Pronunciation
Noun
vieira f (plural vieiras)
Further reading
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