fumeiro

Galician

Fumeiro with smoked meats, Donís, Galicia

Etymology 1

15th century. From fume (“smoke”) +‎ -eiro; or directly from Latin fūmārium (“smoke chamber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈmejɾo̝/

Noun

fumeiro m (plural fumeiros)

1. smokery; structure, facility or room used to smoke meat, fish, or cheese
   • 1436, Manuel Lucas Alvarez & María José Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 372:

     no fumeiro et casa del et corral et saydo del, que esta feyta entre a dita casa et o dito fumeyro enno arrabaldo da dita vila enna rua que vay da praça para a fonte

     in the smokery, house, garden and its exit, which is built in between the aforementioned house and the aforementioned smokery, in the outskirts of that town [Muros], in the street that goes from the plaza to the fountain

2. installation of rods over the kitchen or the fireplace where meat is smoked
3. chimney

   Synonyms: cheminea, paraña, troneira

Related terms

• fume

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese *fũeyro, from Latin funarius.

Alternative forms

• fueiro, fungueiro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈmejɾo̝/

Noun

fumeiro m (plural fumeiros)

1. Alternative form of fungueiro

References

• “fumeyro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fumeiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fumeiro”, 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), “fumeiro <fume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fumeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN