sineiro

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sineiro, sineyro. By surface analysis, sino +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈnejɾo/ [s̺iˈnej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo

Adjective

sineiro (feminine sineira, masculine plural sineiros, feminine plural sineiras)

1. (relational) bell

Noun

sineiro m (plural sineiros)

1. a bell ringer

   Synonym: campaneiro

2. a bellmaker

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sine.ro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sineiro”, 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), “sineiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From sino (“bell”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ejɾu

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈnɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈnɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈnej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈnej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈne.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: si‧nei‧ro

Adjective

sineiro (feminine sineira, masculine plural sineiros, feminine plural sineiras, not comparable)

1. (relational) bell

   A capela tem uma pequena torre sineira.

   The chapel has a small bell tower.

Noun

sineiro m (plural sineiros)

1. a bell ringer

   Synonym: campaneiro

2. a bellmaker