cordeiro

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === From an older *cordeleiro ("string maker"), from cordel (“string”) + -eiro, influenced by the open stressed vowel in corda (“string”). ==== Alternative forms ==== cordeeiro, cordieiro ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɔɾˈdejɾo/ [kɔɾˈð̞ej.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -ejɾo Hyphenation: cor‧dei‧ro ==== Noun ==== cordeiro m (plural cordeiros) ropemaker; rope dealer tool for making ropes === Etymology 2 === From Old Galician-Portuguese cordeyro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin *cordārium, from the Latin expression agnus cordus ("late-born lamb"), from Latin chordus (“late-born”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /koɾˈdejɾo/ [koɾˈð̞ej.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -ejɾo Hyphenation: cor‧dei‧ro ==== Noun ==== cordeiro m (plural cordeiros) lamb Synonym: año ==== See also ==== ovella === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cordeiro”, 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), “cordeiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cordeiro”, 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), “cordeiro”, 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), “cordeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cordeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese cordeiro, from Vulgar Latin *cordārium, from the Latin agnus cordus (“late-born lamb”). === Pronunciation === Homophone: Cordeiro Hyphenation: cor‧dei‧ro === Noun === cordeiro m (plural cordeiros, feminine cordeira, feminine plural cordeiras) lamb (young sheep) Synonym: anho ==== Related terms ==== ovelha, carneiro === Further reading === “cordeiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cordeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026