peneira

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === 13th century. From Vulgar Latin *pinnaria, from Latin pinna (“feather”). Note that medieval Galician pena meant "pelt". Cognate with Portuguese peneira and Asturian peñera. ==== Alternative forms ==== pineira ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /peˈnejɾa̝/ ==== Noun ==== peneira f (plural peneiras) sieve usually used to sift flour 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a: Synonyms: criba, baruto, bortel, xirgo abalone, ear shell Synonym: orella de mar ===== Derived terms ===== peneirar (“to sieve”) ===== Related terms ===== pena (“pelt”) ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “peneyra”, 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), “peneira”, 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), “peneira”, 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), “peneira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peneira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== peneira inflection of peneirar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pe‧nei‧ra === Etymology 1 === Unknown ==== Noun ==== peneira f (plural peneiras) sieve (device to separate larger objects) Synonyms: coador, crivo, joeira (figurative) something which selects the best and filters out the rest ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Kadiwéu: beneela === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== peneira inflection of peneirar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “peneira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “peneira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026