cheiro

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese cheiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from cheirar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃej.ɾo̝/, /ˈt͡ʃɛj.ɾo̝/ === Noun === cheiro m (plural cheiros) scent, odour, smell Synonyms: olor, recendo, ulido flavour stench Synonyms: cheirume, fedor olfaction, the sense of smell Synonym: olfacto ==== Derived terms ==== cheiracús cheirento cheirón cheirume === Verb === cheiro first-person singular present indicative of cheirar === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cheiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cheiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cheiro”, 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), “cheiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cheiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu Hyphenation: chei‧ro === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from cheirar. Compare Sicilian çagru. ==== Noun ==== cheiro m (plural cheiros) smell (sensation) (physiology) smell (sense of smell) Synonym: olfato ===== Derived terms ===== cheiroso água de cheiro ===== Descendants ===== Guinea-Bissau Creole: tceru === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cheiro first-person singular present indicative of cheirar === Further reading === “cheiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cheiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026