outeiro

Galician

Outeiro da tartaruga ("Turtle's rock")

Alternative forms

• aiteiro, eiteiro

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese outeiro, attested since the 9th century as Medieval Latin autarium, auctarium, probably from Latin altārium, from Latin altus (“high”) (compare outo, Montouto (“High-Mount”)). Cognate with Portuguese outeiro and Spanish otero. Cf. also altar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /owˈtejɾo/

Noun

outeiro m (plural outeiros)

1. hillock, knoll; peak
2. rocky outcrop

Derived terms

• Outeiral
• Outeiriño
• Outeiro
• Outeiro de Rei

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “outeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auctari”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “outeiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “outeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “outeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “outeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

outeiro

Alternative forms

• oiteiro
• outeyro (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese outeiro, probably from Latin altārium, or a derivative, with the suffix -eiro, of an unattested Old Galician-Portuguese *outo, from Latin altus (“high”) (see alto). Cognate with Galician outeiro and Spanish otero. Cf. also altar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈte(j).ɾu/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈte(j).ɾu/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈte(j).ɾo/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈtɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈtɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /owˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈtej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /oˈte.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu
• Hyphenation: ou‧tei‧ro

Noun

outeiro m (plural outeiros)

1. hillock, knoll
   • 1891, Eça de Queirós (translator), H. Rider Haggard (English author), As minas de Salomão (King Solomon's Mines), Lugan & Genelioux, page 94:

     […] no cimo de cada uma, um immenso outeiro […] todo coberto de neve, semelhava exactissimamente […] o bico d'um peito.

     […] on the top of each was a vast round hillock covered with snow, exactly corresponding to the nipple on the female breast.