cairo

See also: Cai-rô, cải rổ, and Cairo

Galician

cairo

Etymology 1

From Latin dente canario (“canine tooth”).

Alternative forms

• queiro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

Noun

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. fang

   Synonyms: cabeiro, canino

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Latin corium (“hide, peel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

Adjective

cairo (feminine caira, masculine plural cairos, feminine plural cairas)

1. tailless, naked (a hen, a chicken)

Related terms

• escairar (“to peel”)

Etymology 3

Perhaps from *caurius, from Latin caurus (“north-west wind”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). In that case, it would be a cognate with English shower.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo̝/

Noun

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. downpour

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cairo”, 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), “cairo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “cairo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cairo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “queiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN