fieira

== Galician == === Etymology === From fío +‎ -eira. Cognate with Portuguese fieira. Compare Spanish hilera. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiˈejɾa/ [fiˈej.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -ejɾa Hyphenation: fi‧ei‧ra === Noun === fieira f (plural fieiras) fishing line Synonyms: liña, sedela, tanza batten, strip of wood (textiles) warp thread Synonyms: fiameira, lizo ==== Related terms ==== === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fieira”, 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), “fieira”, 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), “fieira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fieira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From fio +‎ -eira. Cognate with Galician fieira. Compare Spanish hilera. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fi‧ei‧ra === Noun === fieira f (plural fieiras) steel piece used to stretch metal, converting it into threads (figuratively) examination, test Synonyms: exame, prova experience Synonyms: experiência, prova row (of people, animals or objects) Synonyms: fila, fileira, renque (geology, mining) vein (thin deposit of a mineral or metal) Synonyms: filão, veeiro, veio a string used to spin a spinning top Synonyms: baraça, trena hole through which spiders and silkworms expel the sap with which they produce webs and cocoons fishhook line metal plate used to regulate the dimensions of stearin candles === Further reading === “fieira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fieira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026