cairo

== Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkajɾo/ [ˈkɑj.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -ajɾo Hyphenation: cai‧ro === Etymology 1 === From Latin dente canario (“canine tooth”). ==== Noun ==== cairo m (plural cairos) fang Synonyms: cabeiro, canino === Etymology 2 === Perhaps from Latin corium (“hide, peel”). ==== Adjective ==== cairo (feminine caira, masculine plural cairos, feminine plural cairas) tailless, naked (a hen, a chicken) ===== Related terms ===== escairar (“to peel”) === Etymology 3 === Perhaps from *caurius, from Latin caurus (“north-west wind”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). In that case, it would be a cognate with English shower. ==== Noun ==== cairo m (plural cairos) downpour === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cairo”, 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), “cairo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “cairo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cairo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “queiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === queiro === Etymology === From Latin dente canario (“canine tooth”). === Pronunciation === (Northern Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkajɾu/, /ˈkãjɾu/ === Noun === cairo m (plural cairos) fang Synonym: canino wisdom tooth Synonym: dente do siso === Further reading === “cairo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cairo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026