milagre

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese miragre, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smei-, *mei- (“to smile, to be astonished”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /miˈlaɡɾe/ [miˈlɑ.ɣ̞ɾɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /miˈlaɡɾe/ [miˈlɑ.ɣ̞ɾɪ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /miˈlaħɾe/ [miˈlɑ.ħɾɪ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɡɾe

• Rhymes: -aɡɾe
• Rhymes: -aħɾe

• Hyphenation: mi‧la‧gre

Noun

milagre m (plural milagres)

1. miracle
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 193:

     Et el tomou as cadeas en que fora preso, et foyse en rromaria a Santiago, et poseas y hu ainda seẽ ante o seu altar depondoradas en testemoyo d'este miragre

     And he took the chains that kept him prisoner, and went in pilgrimage to Santiago, and put them there where they still are, hung before his altar as a testimony of this miracle

Related terms

• milagreiro
• milagroso

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “miragre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “miragre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “milagre”, 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), “milagre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “milagre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese miragre, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”). Compare Spanish milagro.

Doublet of miráculo, a more recent borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈla.ɡɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈla.ɡɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈla.ɡɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈla.ɡɾɨ/ [miˈla.ɣɾɨ]

• Hyphenation: mi‧la‧gre

Noun

milagre m (plural milagres)

1. miracle (wonderful event attributed to supernatural powers)
2. miracle (fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it)

Related terms

• milagreiro
• milagres
• milagroso
• mirar