voitre

Galician

Voitre ("vulture")

Alternative forms

• butre, voutre, vrute, vutre

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese voitre and its variants, from Latin vultur, vulturem. Cognate with Portuguese abutre and Spanish buitre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbojtɾe̝/

Noun

voitre m (plural voitres)

1. vulture

Derived terms

• Veitureira
• Ventureira
• Vitureira
• voiturón
• Voutureira

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “voitre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “voitre”, 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), “voitre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “voitre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN