ferreiro

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro, from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). Equivalent to ferro +‎ -eiro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feˈrejɾo/ [feˈrej.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -ejɾo === Noun === ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras) blacksmith (iron forger) En cas do ferreiro coitelo de pau. ― In the house of the smith, wooden knife. (proverb) blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) Synonym: ferreiriño stingray Synonym: estinga ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ferreiro”, 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), “ferreiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ferreiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === fereiro, fereyro, ferreyro === Etymology === Inherited from Latin ferrārius. By surface analysis, ferro +‎ -eiro. === Noun === ferreiro m (plural ferreiros) blacksmith (person who forges iron) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Fala: ferreiru Galician: ferreiro Portuguese: ferreiro→ Old Tupi: pereru === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ferreiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ferre@ro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “ferreiro”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro (compare Galician ferreiro), from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). By surface analysis, ferro +‎ -eiro. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fer‧rei‧ro === Noun === ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras) blacksmith (iron forger) Coordinate terms: ourives, prateiro ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Old Tupi: pereru === Further reading === “ferreiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ferreiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026