vieira

See also: 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-Portuguese *vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria ("shell of Venus"), from Latin Venus. Cognate with Portuguese vieira and Spanish venera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biˈejɾɐ], [ˈbjejɾɐ]

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

Derived terms

• Vieira (a surname)

Descendants

• → Spanish: vieira

Further reading

• “vieira”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [vɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvje(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈvje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [vɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvje(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈvje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈe(j).ɾa/ [vɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvje(j).ɾa/ [ˈvje(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvjɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvjɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbjej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvjej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvje.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
• Homophone: Vieira
• Hyphenation: vi‧ei‧ra

Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)

1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

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)

1. scallop
2. scallop shell

   Synonyms: venera, concha de peregrino

Related terms

• Venus

 

Further reading

• “vieira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10