saleiro

Galician

Etymology

From sal (“salt”), from Latin sal, and the suffix -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlejɾo̝/

Noun

saleiro m (plural saleiros)

1. salt cellar; salt shaker
   • 1373, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:

     et dous saleyros para sal et quatro baçios grandes dstanno

     two salt cellars for holding salt and four large bowls of tin

2. trough used for salting meat (for its preservation)

Related terms

• sal

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “saleyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saleiro”, 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), “saleiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From sal +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈle(j).ɾu/ [saˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈle(j).ɾu/ [saˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈle(j).ɾo/ [saˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈlɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈlɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈle.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: sa‧lei‧ro

Noun

saleiro m (plural saleiros)

1. salt cellar; salt shaker (a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling)

Related terms

• sal