figueira

See also: Figueira

Galician
Figueira

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese figueira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīcāria.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fi.ˈɣej.ɾa̝/, [fi.ˈɰej.ɾɐ]

Noun

figueira f (plural figueiras)

  1. fig tree
    • 1277, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 381:
      duas figueyras que estan en esse figueyredo
      two fig trees that are in that fig tree orchard

Derived terms

References
  • “figueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “figueyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “figueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “figueira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “figueira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese figueira, from Latin fīcāria. By surface analysis, figo +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [fiˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈɡe(j).ɾa/ [fiˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fiˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fiˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣej.ɾɐ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /fiˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣej.ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fiˈɡe.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣe.ɾɐ]

  • Homophone: Figueira
  • Hyphenation: fi‧guei‧ra

Noun

figueira f (plural figueiras)

  1. fig tree

Derived terms
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