vieira

== Galician == === Alternative forms === aviñeira === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese *vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria (“shell of Venus”), from Classical Latin Venus. Cognate with Portuguese vieira and Spanish venera. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbjejɾa/ [ˈbjej.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -ejɾa Hyphenation: viei‧ra === Noun === vieira f (plural vieiras) great scallop, St James shell (Pecten Maximus) ==== Derived terms ==== Vieira (a surname) ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: vieira === Further reading === “vieira”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vieira”, 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), “vieira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vieira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vẽeira, from Early Medieval Latin veneria, from Latin Venus. Doublet of venera. Cognate with Galician vieira and Spanish venera. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ Homophone: Vieira Hyphenation: vi‧ei‧ra === Noun === vieira f (plural vieiras) scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae) === References === === Further reading === “vieira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Galician vieira, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria, from Latin Venus. Doublet of venera. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbjeiɾa/ [ˈbjei̯.ɾa] Rhymes: -eiɾa Syllabification: viei‧ra === Noun === vieira f (plural vieiras) scallop scallop shell Synonyms: venera, concha de peregrino ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “vieira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025