seixo

Galician

Alternative forms
  • xeixo

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“pebble”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈs̺ejʃʊ]

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

  1. pebble
    Synonyms: callao, croio
  2. quartz
    Synonym: cuarzo

Derived terms
  • Camposeixo
  • Penaseixo
  • Porto Seixo
  • seixada
  • Seixadas
  • Seixal
  • Seixalbo
  • Seixas
  • Seixeda
  • Seixidal
  • Seixido
  • Seixiño
  • Seixo
  • Seixoso
  • Seixo Branco

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

Portuguese
seixos

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“a stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse(j).ʃu/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse(j).ʃo/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃo]
 

  • Hyphenation: sei‧xo
  • Homophone: Seixo

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

  1. pebble (small stone)
    Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha
  2. (geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • seixo rolado
  • seixa
  • seixada
  • seixal
  • seixeira
  • seixoso

Further reading
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