faia

See also: faía

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, from Latin [materia] fāgea (“beech”), from fāgus. Compare Portuguese faia, Spanish haya.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfaja̝/

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

  1. beech, especially the common beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Derived terms

References
  • “faia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “faia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “faia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “faia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese faia, from Latin [materia] fāgea (“beech”), from fāgus.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfaj.ɐ/ [ˈfaɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfaj.a/ [ˈfaɪ̯.a]

  • Hyphenation: fai‧a

Noun

faia f (plural faias)

  1. beech (tree of genus Fagus)
  2. faya (tree of species Myrica faya)
    Synonyms: faia-das-ilhas, faia-da-terra, samouco

Derived terms
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