pedra

See also: peðra

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation

Noun

pedra f (plural pedres)

  1. stone

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛðɾɐ]

Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)

  1. stone (as a material)
  2. stone, rock
    Synonyms: roca, rocha
  3. hailstone
    Synonym: pedrazo
  4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone
    Synonym: cálculo
  5. (dentistry) tartar
    Synonym: sarrio

Derived terms

Further reading

References

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese pedra. Cognates with Kabuverdianu pédra.

Noun

pedra

  1. stone

Leonese

Etymology

Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)

  1. stone

References


Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾa/

Noun

pedra f

  1. rock, stone
    • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):
      Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
      How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

Descendants


Portuguese

pedras

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Cognate with Galician pedra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧dra

Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)

  1. stone (as a material)
  2. stone, rock
  3. hailstone
  4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone
  5. (dentistry) tartar
  6. (slang) crack cocaine

Synonyms

Derived terms


Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin petra, from Latin πέτρα.

Noun

pedra ? (please provide plural)

  1. stone
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