figueira

figueira

See also: Figueira

Galician

Figueira

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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 (eds.), 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

• Figaredo
• Figueira
• figueira do demo
• figueira tola
• figueira chumba
• figueiral
• Figueiras
• figueiredo
• Figueiredo
• Figueirido
• Figueiro
• Figueiró
• Figueiroa
• Figueiroá
• Figueredo
• Figueroa

Related terms

• figo
• fígado

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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [fiˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣɐj.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

• figueiral
• figueiredo
• Figueiredo
• Figueira, Figueira da Foz
• Figueiras

Related terms

• figo
• fígado