parteira

== Galician == === Etymology === From parto +‎ -eiro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /paɾˈtejɾa/ [paɾˈt̪ej.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -ejɾa Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra === Noun === parteira f (plural parteiras) midwife ==== Related terms ==== parto === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parteira”, 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), “parteira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parteira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From parto (“birth; delivery”) +‎ -eira (“-eer”), from Old Galician-Portuguese parto, from Latin partus (“birth”), from pariō (“to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ejɾɐ Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra === Noun === parteira f (plural parteiras) midwife (person who assists in childbirth) female equivalent of parteiro ==== Related terms ==== parto === Further reading === “parteira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “parteira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026