queijo

Galician

Noun

queijo m (plural queijos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of queixo (“cheese”)

References

• “queijo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cāseus (“cheese”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Spanish queso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkej.d͡ʒo/

Noun

queijo m (plural queijos)

1. cheese
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 157 (facsimile):

     bon q̇ijo rezente

     good fresh cheese

Descendants

• Fala: queixhu, queixu (Valverdeñu)
• Galician: queixo
• Portuguese: queijo (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

queijo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo (“cheese”), from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“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]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʒu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈke(j).ʒo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐj.ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐj.ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʒu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkej.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ʒu/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: quei‧jo

Noun

queijo m (plural queijos)

1. 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

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: keju
• → Javanese: ꦏꦺꦗꦸ (kèju)
  • Banyumasan: keju
• → Minangkabau: keju
• → Malay: keju
  • Indonesian: keju
• → Sinhalese: කේජු (kēju)
• → Tetum: keiju