arqueiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (of bows), from Latin arcus (bow). Equivalent to arco + -eiro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aɾˈkei̯.ɾʊ]

Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros)

  1. archer; bowman
    Synonym: seteiro

References

  • arqueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • arqueiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • arqueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • arqueiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (of bows), from Latin arcus (bow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾ.ˈkej.ɾo/

Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)

  1. archer; bowman

Descendants

  • Galician: arqueiro
  • Portuguese: arqueiro

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (of bows), from Latin arcus (bow). By surface analysis, arco + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [ahˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aɾˈke(j).ɾu/ [aɾˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [aχˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aɻˈke(j).ɾo/ [aɻˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

  • Hyphenation: ar‧quei‧ro

Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)

  1. (military) archer; bowman (soldier armed with a bow)
    Synonyms: flecheiro, frecheiro, (all less common) seteiro
  2. (archery) archer (person who practices the sport of archery)
  3. (Brazil, soccer) goalkeeper (player who guards the goal)
    Synonyms: (Brazil, more common) goleiro, (Portugal) guarda-redes

See also

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