veiro

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese veiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin varius (“variegated”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbejɾo/ [ˈbej.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -ejɾo Hyphenation: vei‧ro === Adjective === veiro (feminine veira, masculine plural veiros, feminine plural veiras) variegated, pied Synonyms: pégaro, pinto ==== Derived terms ==== pena veira (“stoat fur”) === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “veiro”, 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), “veiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “beiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === veyro === Etymology === From Latin varius (“variegated”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈβej.ɾo/ === Adjective === veiro m (plural veiros, feminine veira, feminine plural veiras) (of an animal) having black and white spots maſ a qual pte o demo foi per rẽ nono ſentiron nen uirõ ſol per u fora fogind en ſa egua ueira But they could not realise nor see where the devil went at all, only the place through which he was fleeing on his mottled mare. ==== Descendants ==== Galician: veiro Portuguese: veiro === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “veiro”, 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), “veiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “veiro”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “veiro”, 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 veiro, from Latin varius. Doublet of vário. === Pronunciation === === Noun === veiro m (plural veiros) (heraldry) vair === Further reading === “veiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “veiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026