coeiro

Galician

Alternative forms

• coleiro, cueiro

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder.

Latin caulis

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Galician -eiro

Galician coeiro

From Latin caulis (“stem of a cabbage”) + Galician -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈei̯ɾʊ]

Noun

coeiro m (plural coeiros)

1. stem of a cabbage

   Synonyms: chanteiro, cobado, couceiro

Related terms

• coíña
• col
• coliflor

References

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