vieira

Galician

scallop (vieira) shells - Casa das Cunchas, Cambados
vieiras - Church of A Toxa, O Grove
vieiras - Church of A Toxa, O Grove

Alternative forms

  • aviñeira

Etymology

From Old Galician/Old Portuguese *vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria ("shell of Venus"), from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈejɾa̝/

Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)

  1. great scallop, St James shell (Pecten Maximus)
    • 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:
      O noso patrón, santiño ben feito, da barba dourada, que está no seu eido sentado e vestido cal fora romeiro, con súa escraviña e co seu chapeo que ten muitas conchas só do mar do reino, conchiñas vieiras abondo e a desexo
      Our patron, such a handsomely built saint, with his golden beard, who sits in his place dressed as a pilgrim, with his cape and his hat which have many shell, but just from the sea of the kingdom [of Galicia], scallop shells enough and as many as you would like

Descendants

Further reading


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vẽeira, from Medieval Latin veneria, from Latin Venus.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.ˈe(j).ɾa/, /vi.ˈe(j).ɾɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvjɐj.ɾɐ/, /ˈvjej.ɾɐ/
  • Homophone: Vieira
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ei‧ra

Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)

  1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician vieira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjeiɾa/, [ˈbjei̯ɾa]

Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)

  1. scallop
    Synonym: venera

Further reading

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