seixo

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Galician

Alternative forms

xeixo

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“pebble”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈs̺ejʃʊ]

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

pebble
Synonyms: callao, croio
quartz
Synonym: cuarzo

Derived terms

References

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

Portuguese

seixos

Alternative forms

seyxo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“a stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse(j).ʃu/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse(j).ʃo/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ʃu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ʃu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ʃu/

Hyphenation: sei‧xo
Homophone: Seixo

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

pebble (small stone)
Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha
(geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)

Coordinate terms

(pebble in the Wentworth scale): argila, silte, areia, grânulo, bloco/calhau, matacão

Derived terms

seixo rolado

Related terms

Further reading

seixo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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