pedra

Inherited from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpe.ðɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpe.ðɾa]

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pedra f (plural pedres)

1. stone
2. (medicine) stone, calculus

   Synonym: càlcul

3. hailstone

   Synonyms: calamarsa, granís

• • Pedraforca
  • Pedralbes
  • petrificar

   

• “pedra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pedra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pedra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pedra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• peira (Mañegu)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Compare Galician and Portuguese pedra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾa/

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) stone, rock

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Compare Fala and Portuguese pedra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdɾa/ [ˈpɛ.ð̞ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛdɾa
• Hyphenation: pe‧dra

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone (as a material)
2. stone, rock

   Synonyms: roca, rocha

3. hailstone

   Synonym: pedrazo

4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone

   Synonym: cálculo

5. (dentistry) tartar

   Synonym: sarrio

• “pedra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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

From Portuguese pedra. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pédra.

pedra

1. stone

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone

• AEDLL

Inherited from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾa/

pedra f

1. rock, stone
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

2. (figurative) penis

• pedreiro

• Fala: pedra, peira
• Galician: pedra
• Portuguese: pedra (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "pedra"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Cognate with Fala and Galician pedra.

• Hyphenation: pe‧dra

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone (as a material)
2. stone, rock

   Synonym: rocha

3. hailstone
4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone

   Synonym: cálculo

5. (dentistry) tartar
6. (slang) crack cocaine

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pedra
• Kabuverdianu: pédra

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone