peitoril

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pectorilis, *pectorile, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Spanish pretil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pejtoˈɾil/

Noun

peitoril m (plural peitorís)

1. (architecture) windowsill, sill

   Synonym: antepeito

2. (architecture) parapet

   Synonyms: antepeito, parapeito, varanda

   • 1450, A. Fernández Salgado, editor, A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 88:

     Jten faser todo de nouo os peytorij́ns das ditas casas e poer jaztas e sobrejaztas, e rrecorrer o soyo dos sobrados das ditas casas.

     Item, to rebuild the parapets of the aforementioned houses, to put the bearers and the joists, and to lie down the planking of the upper floors

Related terms

• peito
• peitoral

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peytor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peitoril”, 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), “peitoril”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peitoril”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pectorīlis, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Spanish pretil.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pej.toˈɾiw/ [peɪ̯.toˈɾiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐj.tuˈɾil/ [pɐj.tuˈɾiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐj.tuˈɾil/ [pɐj.tuˈɾiɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pej.tuˈɾil/ [pej.tuˈɾiɫ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pej.tuˈɾil/ [pej.tuˈɾiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pe.tuˈɾi.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: pei‧to‧ril

Noun

peitoril m (plural peitoris)

1. (architecture) windowsill, sill, parapet

   Synonym: parapeito

Related terms

• peito
• peitoral