eira

• aira

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese eira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate with Portuguese eira, Spanish era, Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈejɾa̝/

eira f (plural eiras)

1. threshing floor (a yard, usually paved, used as a clean and even surface for threshing cereals)

• “eira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “eira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “eira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “eira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “eira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

eira

1. wild cat

• Hyphenation: ei‧ra

eira

From Old Portuguese eira (“threshing floor”), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate to Galician eira, Spanish and Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

eira f (plural eiras)

1. threshing floor

   Synonym: malhadouro

• sem eira nem beira
• querer sol na eira e chuva no nabal

• área, eirado

eira (Eira barbara)

Borrowed from Guaraní eira.

eira f (plural eiras)

1. (Brazil) tayra (Eira barbara)

   Synonyms: irara, papa-mel

• (obsolete) eiry

From Proto-Brythonic *ėrɣ (“snow”) (compare Cornish ergh, Breton erc’h).

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯ra/
• Rhymes: -ei̯ra

eira m (plural eiraoedd) (usually uncountable)

1. snow

   Synonym: ôd