loureiro

• Loureiro

Borrowed from Portuguese loureiro.

loureiro (countable and uncountable, plural loureiros)

1. A grape variety cultivated in Spain and Portugal, used in the production of white wine.
   • 2018 March 8, Eric Asimov, “Bubbles, With Joy: Pétillant Naturel’s Triumphant Return”, in The New York Times‎:

     The 2016 Phaunus Vinho Verde from Aphros in Portugal, made entirely of the loureiro grape, seemed to have the weight and depth of Champagne.

2. A variety of white wine made from this grape.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, corresponding to louro (“laurel, laurel leaf”) +‎ -eiro.

• IPA^(key): /lowˈɾejɾo̝/

loureiro m (plural loureiros)

1. bay (Laurus nobilis)

   Synonyms: gamallo, louro

2. bay leaf

• loureira
• Loureiral
• Loureiro
• Loureiros

• lorbaga
• louro
• Loureda
• Louredo
• Lourido

• “loureyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “loureyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “loureiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “loureiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “loureiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese loureiro, corresponding to louro (“laurel, laurel leaf”) +‎ -eiro.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lo(w).ɾɐj.ɾu/, /lo(w).ɾej.ɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo(w).ɾej.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: lou‧rei‧ro

loureiro m (plural loureiros)

1. bay (Laurus nobilis, a shrub of the Mediterranean)

• louro

• → English: loureiro