trincheira

trincheira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese trincheira (13th century), from Old French trenchier (“to cut”), from Celtic.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾinˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Noun

trincheira f (plural trincheiras)

1. trench
2. (archaic) temple
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 85:

     sangraras o Cauallo en anbas llas uẽeas das trincheiras et tiralle do sange asaz

   Synonyms: chincheira, sen, tempa, vidalla

Related terms

• trinchar

References

• “trincheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “trinche” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “trincheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trincheira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “tranzar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [tɾĩˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃe(j).ɾa/ [tɾĩˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: trin‧chei‧ra

Noun

trincheira f (plural trincheiras)

1. trench (long, narrow ditch)
2. (military) trench (narrow excavation used in warfare)