Galician

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Etymology

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From parto +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paɾˈtejɾa/ [paɾˈt̪ej.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ejɾa
  • Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra

Noun

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parteira f (plural parteiras)

  1. midwife
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From parto (birth; delivery) +‎ -eira (-eer), from Old Galician-Portuguese parto, from Latin partus (birth), from pariō (to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (to bring forth).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra

Noun

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parteira f (plural parteiras)

  1. midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)
  2. female equivalent of parteiro
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