pedreira
See also: Pedreira
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Pedra (“stone”) + -eira.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pedreira f (plural pedreiras)
- quarry
- Synonym: canteira
- rocky place
- Synonym: pedregal
- (archaic) catapult
- (fishing) sinker line of a net
- Synonym: chumbada
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “pedreira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “pedreyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pedreira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pedreira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pedreira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From pedra (“stone”) + -eira. Piecewise doublet of pedraria.
Noun edit
pedreira f (plural pedreiras)
Etymology 2 edit
From pedreiro (“mason”) + -a.
Noun edit
pedreira f (plural pedreiras)
- female equivalent of pedreiro