vieira

Galician

scallop (vieira) shells - Casa das Cunchas, Cambados

vieiras - Church of A Toxa, O Grove

vieiras - Church of A Toxa, O Grove

Alternative forms

• aviñeira

Etymology

From Old Galician/Old Galician-Portuguese *vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria ("shell of Venus"), from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈejɾa̝/

Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)

1. 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

Descendants

• Spanish: vieira

Further reading

• “vieira”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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• 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

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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

• IPA^(key): /vi.ˈe(j).ɾa/, /vi.ˈe(j).ɾɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈvjɐj.ɾɐ/, /ˈvjej.ɾɐ/
• Homophone: Vieira
• Hyphenation: vi‧ei‧ra

Noun

vieira f (plural s)

1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician vieira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjeiɾa/ [ˈbjei̯.ɾa]

Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)

1. scallop

   Synonym: venera

Further reading

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