pedreiro

Galician

Pedreiro or canteiro

Etymology

From pedra (“stone”) + -eiro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈðɾejɾo̝/

Noun

pedreiro m (plural pedreiros, feminine pedreira, feminine plural pedreiras)

stonemason
Synonym: canteiro
- 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 207:
  mando que non possan tomar as ditas pesoas et coengos et homes boos da dita iglesia por panigoados os ofiçiales conuen a saber os carpenteiros et pedreiros et carniçeyros et ferreyros et çapateyros et peliteyros et mercadores
  I command that no churchman could take for a stooge any official, i.e., the carpenters and stonemasons and butchers and smiths and shoemakers and furriers and merchants
landmark

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References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pedreiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pedreiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pedreiro”, 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), “pedreiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pedreiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedreiro, from pedra (“rock”) + -eiro (“-eer”), or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *petrārius, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”). Compare Spanish pedrero, Asturian pedreru, Catalan pedrer, Occitan peirièr, Romanian pietrar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈdɾe(j).ɾu/ [peˈdɾe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈdɾe(j).ɾo/ [peˈdɾe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈdɾɐj.ɾu/ [pɨˈðɾɐj.ɾu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈdɾej.ɾu/ [pɨˈðɾej.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈdɾej.ɾu/ [pɨˈðɾej.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈdɾe.ɾu/ [pɨˈðɾe.ɾu]

Hyphenation: pe‧drei‧ro

Noun

pedreiro m (plural pedreiros, feminine pedreira, feminine plural pedreiras)

mason; builder; bricklayer
Synonyms: alvanel, construtor, obreiro

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