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See also: Ferreiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro, from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). Equivalent to ferro +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feˈrejɾo/ [feˈrej.ɾʊ]
Rhymes: -ejɾo

Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)

blacksmith (iron forger)
En cas do ferreiro coitelo de pau. ― In the house of the smith, wooden knife. (proverb)
blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Synonym: ferreiriño
stingray
Synonym: estinga

Derived terms

Ferreiro
Ferreiros
Ferreirós
Ferreirous
Vilaferreiros
Vilar de Ferreiros

Related terms

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

fereiro, fereyro, ferreyro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ferrārius. By surface analysis, ferro +‎ -eiro.

Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros)

blacksmith (person who forges iron)

Derived terms

Ferreira

Descendants

Fala: ferreiru
Galician: ferreiro
Portuguese: ferreiro
- → Old Tupi: pereru

References

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fer+e[iyj?ro]”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ferre@ro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “ferreiro”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro (compare Galician ferreiro), from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). By surface analysis, ferro +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feˈʁe(j).ɾu/ [feˈχe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈʁe(j).ɾo/ [feˈhe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈʁe.ɾu/

Audio (Brazil): (file)
Hyphenation: fer‧rei‧ro

Noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)

blacksmith (iron forger)
Coordinate terms: ourives, prateiro

Related terms

Descendants

→ Old Tupi: pereru

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