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See also: cheiro-
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese cheiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from cheirar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cheiro m (plural cheiros)
- scent, odour, smell
- flavour
- c. 1750, anonymous author, Galanteo de mozo e moza:
- De dous anos pra esta parte
eu non sey, que Deño trago;
pois non acouxo conmigo,
tanto enpê, como deytado:
Nin topo cousa â meu gusto,
nin cheyro na comida acho;
mais que sexan sopas de unto
atafagadas no asado.- Two years now
I don't know what's wrong with me;
I can't find no satisfaction<,br> either lying or standing:
I don't find things to my liking
not even flavour in my food;
even if it is bacon soup
braised in the pot
- Two years now
- stench
- 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 34:
- Et tã mao era o cheiro dos que morriã que, ante os soterrauã por suas casas os que cõ eles aviã de adubar, et desque falesçeu a custa por que os soterrauã, lançauanos tras los muros.
- And the stench of the dead ones was so bad that (initially the ones who have to deal with them were burying them at their houses) since the very moment that their strength[?] failed, they threw them over the walls
- olfaction, the sense of smell
- Synonym: olfacto
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]cheiro
References
[edit]- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cheiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cheiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “cheiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cheiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cheiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]cheiro m (plural cheiros)
- smell (sensation)
- (physiology) smell (sense of smell)
- Synonym: olfato
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Guinea-Bissau Creole: tceru
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]cheiro
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- gl:Smell
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejɾu/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjɾu
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- Portuguese deverbals
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