carniceiro

Galician

Aquí vive un carniceiro ("here lives a butcher"), Vilanova, Galicia

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (carniçeiro). From carnaza +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑɾniˈθejɾʊ], (western) [kɑɾniˈsejɾʊ]

Noun

carniceiro m (plural carniceiros, feminine carniceira, feminine plural carniceiras)

1. butcher

   Synonyms: buxeo, beche

   • 1434, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 106:

     os ditos señores feseron pregunta aos ditos Martín Peres e Aluaro, carniçeiros, se se querían obrigar de dar carne abondo á dita çidade con os outros carniçeiros, en tal maneira que o dito señor obispo e cabídoo e conçello e vesinos da dita çidade ouuese abondo de carne de boys e de vacas e carneiros e cabirtos e rojeelos

     the aforementioned gentlemen asked said Martin Perez and Álvaro, butchers, if they wanted to bind themselves to give enough meat to this city, with the others butchers, so the bishop, and the Chapter, and the Council, and the neighbours of this city would have enough meat of oxen, and of cows, of rams, and of kids and lambs

Related terms

• carne
• carnicería
• carnizaría

Adjective

carniceiro (feminine carniceira, masculine plural carniceiros, feminine plural carniceiras)

1. (of animals) feeding on carrion
2. (of people) brutal (viciously violent)

References

• “carniçeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “carni” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “carniceiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “carniceiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “carniceiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From carniça +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.niˈse(j).ɾu/ [kaɦ.niˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.niˈse(j).ɾu/ [kaɦ.niˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.niˈse(j).ɾu/ [kaɾ.niˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.niˈse(j).ɾu/ [kaʁ.niˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.niˈse(j).ɾo/ [kaɻ.niˈse(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.niˈsɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.niˈsɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.niˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.niˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.niˈse.ɾu/

Noun

carniceiro m (plural carniceiros)

1. an animal that feeds on carrion
2. butcher (person who prepares and sells meat)
3. (figurative) butcher (a brutal killer)

Adjective

carniceiro (feminine carniceira, masculine plural carniceiros, feminine plural carniceiras)

1. (of animals) feeding on carrion
2. (of people) brutal (viciously violent)