lanceiro

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin lanciārius, from Latin lancea + -ārius. By surface analysis, lanza +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lanˈθejɾʊ], (western) [lanˈsejɾʊ]

Noun

lanceiro m (plural lanceiros)

1. (military) spearman (soldier armed with a spear)
2. (military) lancer (cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon)
3. (archaic, military, architecture) embrasure
   • 1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:

     se alguas seeteyras ou lançeyros estan feytas en a parede da dicta casa, que as çarren de pedra et que as non abran nunca nen façan y outras alguas a saluo fique en o sotoo da dicta casa as lumeeyras que foren neçesarias et perteesçentes para dar lume ao dicto sotoo que non seian por maneyra de defensa algua

     if some arrowslits or embrasures are built in the walls of that tower house, they must be closed in stone, never to be reopened, and they shouldn't build new ones, with this exception, that in the ground floor there should be enough and sufficient skylights for lightening the aforementioned ground floor, but as long as they can't be used for defense

Related terms

• lanceta
• lanza
• lanzar

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lanceiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lançeyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “lanceiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lanceiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin lanciārius, from Latin lancea + -ārius. By surface analysis, lança +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈse(j).ɾu/ [lɐ̃ˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈsɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈsɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈse.ɾu/

Noun

lanceiro m (plural lanceiros)

1. (military) spearman (soldier armed with a spear)

Related terms

• lança
• lançar