vieira

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Galician

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scallop (vieira) shells - Casa das Cunchas, Cambados
vieiras - Church of A Toxa, O Grove
vieiras - Church of A Toxa, O Grove

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese *vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria ("shell of Venus"), from Latin Venus. Cognate with Portuguese vieira and Spanish venera.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [biˈejɾɐ], [ˈbjejɾɐ]

Noun

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vieira f (plural vieiras)

  1. great scallop, St James shell (Pecten Maximus)
    • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:
      O noso patrón, santiño ben feito, da barba dourada, que está no seu eido sentado e vestido cal fora romeiro, con súa escraviña e co seu chapeo que ten muitas conchas só do mar do reino, conchiñas vieiras abondo e a desexo
      Our patron, such a handsomely built saint, with his golden beard, who sits in his place dressed as a pilgrim, with his cape and his hat which have many shell, but just from the sea of the kingdom [of Galicia], scallop shells enough and as many as you would like

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: vieira

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vẽeira, from Early Medieval Latin veneria,[1][2] from Latin Venus. Doublet of venera. Cognate with Galician vieira and Spanish venera.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [vɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvje(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈvje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈe(j).ɾa/ [vɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvje(j).ɾa/ [ˈvje(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 

Noun

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vieira f (plural vieiras)

  1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

References

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  1. ^ vieira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ vieira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Galician vieira, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria, from Latin Venus. Doublet of venera.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbjeiɾa/ [ˈbjei̯.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eiɾa
  • Syllabification: viei‧ra

Noun

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vieira f (plural vieiras)

  1. scallop
  2. scallop shell
    Synonyms: venera, concha de peregrino
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Further reading

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