pedreira

See also: Pedreira

Galician

Etymology

Pedra (stone) + -eira

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈðɾejɾa̝/

Noun

pedreira f (plural pedreiras)

  1. quarry
    Synonym: canteira
  2. rocky place
    Synonym: pedregal
  3. (archaic) catapult
  4. (fishing) sinker line of a net
    Synonym: chumbada

References

  • pedreira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • pedreyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • pedreira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • pedreira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pedreira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

pedreira

Etymology

Pedra (stone) + -eira

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.ˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧drei‧ra

Noun

pedreira f (plural pedreiras)

  1. quarry

Synonyms

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