arqueiro
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese arqueiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). Equivalent to arco + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aɾˈkei̯.ɾʊ]
Noun
arqueiro m (plural arqueiros)
- archer; bowman
- Synonym: seteiro
Related terms
- arco
- frecha
References
- “arqueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “arqueiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “arqueiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “arqueiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾ.ˈkej.ɾo/
Noun
arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)
- archer; bowman
Related terms
- arco
- baesteiro
Descendants
- Galician: arqueiro
- Portuguese: arqueiro
See also
- baesteiro
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [ahˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aɾˈke(j).ɾu/ [aɾˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [aχˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aɻˈke(j).ɾo/ [aɻˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾˈkɐj.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾˈkej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾˈke.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: ar‧quei‧ro
Noun
arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)
- (military) archer; bowman (soldier armed with a bow)
- Synonyms: flecheiro, frecheiro, (all less common) seteiro
- (archery) archer (person who practices the sport of archery)
- (Brazil, soccer) goalkeeper (player who guards the goal)
- Synonyms: (Brazil, more common) goleiro, (Portugal) guarda-redes
Related terms
- arco
- arco-e-flecha
See also
- besteiro