queijo
Galician
Noun
queijo m (plural queijos)
- Alternative form of queixo
Further reading
- “queijo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin cāseus (“cheese”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwat- (“to ferment, become sour”). Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Spanish queso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkej.d͡ʒo/
Noun
queijo m
- cheese
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 157 (facsimile):
- bon q̇ijo rezente
- good fresh cheese
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Descendants
- Fala: queixhu, queixu
- Galician: queixo
- Portuguese: queijo (see there for further descendants)
Portuguese
queijo
Etymology
From Old Portuguese queijo (“cheese”), from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwat- (“to ferment, become sour”). Cognate with Galician queixo, Spanish queso, Italian cacio, Romanian caș and English cheese.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʒu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʒo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐj.ʒu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkej.ʒu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈke.ʒu/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: quei‧jo
Noun
queijo m (plural queijos)
- cheese (dairy product)
Derived terms
- queijo de minas
- queijo parmesão
- queijo prato
- queijo suíço
Related terms
- queijada
- queijadeira
- queijadeiro
- queijar
- queijaria
- queijeira
- queijeiro
- queijinho
- requeija
- requeijão
Descendants
- → Banyumasan: keju
- → Javanese: kèju
- → Minangkabau: keju
- → Malay: keju
- Indonesian: keju
- → Sinhalese: කේජු (kēju)
- → Tetum: keiju