nespereira

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from local Medieval Latin nesperaria, attested since the 10th century, from Vulgar Latin *nespirum, from mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nespeˈɾejɾa/ [nes̺.peˈɾej.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -ejɾa Hyphenation: nes‧pe‧rei‧ra === Noun === nespereira f (plural nespereiras) either of two trees which produce a fruit known as the néspera: (archaic) the medlar tree the loquat tree ==== Usage notes ==== Although the medlar is the original nespereira, it has been replaced by the loquat in modern usage. ==== Related terms ==== === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nespereira”, 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), “nespereira”, 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), “nespereira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nespereira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === nêspera + -eira === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: nes‧pe‧rei‧ra === Noun === nespereira f (plural nespereiras) either of two trees which produce a fruit known as the nêspera: (archaic) the medlar tree the loquat tree ==== Usage notes ==== Although the medlar is the original nespereira, it has been replaced by the loquat in modern usage. === Further reading === “nespereira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “nespereira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026