seixo

Galician

Alternative forms

• xeixo

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“rock”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“pebble”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈs̺ejʃʊ]

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

1. pebble

   Synonyms: callao, croio

2. quartz

   Synonym: cuarzo

Derived terms

• Camposeixo
• Penaseixo
• Porto Seixo
• seixada
• Seixadas
• Seixal
• Seixalbo
• Seixas
• Seixeda
• Seixidal
• Seixido
• Seixiño
• Seixo
• Seixoso
• Seixo Branco

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seyx”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seixo”, 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), “seixo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seixo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

seixos

Alternative forms

• seyxo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“a stone”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Galician seixo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse(j).ʃu/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse(j).ʃu/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse(j).ʃo/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ʃu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ʃu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ʃu/

• Hyphenation: sei‧xo
• Homophone: Seixo

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

1. pebble (small stone)

   Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha

2. (geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)

Coordinate terms

• (pebble in the Wentworth scale): argila, silte, areia, grânulo, bloco/calhau, matacão

Derived terms

• seixo rolado

Related terms

• seixa
• seixada
• seixal
• seixeira
• seixoso

Further reading

• seixo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt