peixeira
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom peixe + -eira, as it was primarily used to cut and scale fish. Piecewise doublet of peixaria.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pei‧xei‧ra
Noun
editpeixeira f (plural peixeiras)
- female equivalent of peixeiro (“fishwoman”)
- (Brazil) chef's knife
- (Brazil) fish platter (metal tray for serving fish)
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:peixeira.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “peixeira”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “peixeira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “peixeira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “peixeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024