cadeira

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathédra, from Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Cognate with Portuguese cadeira and Spanish cadera.

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈðei̯ɾɐ]

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cadeira f (plural cadeiras)

1. chair; armchair
2. (anatomy) hip

   Synonym: cadril

3. kind of baby walker
4. stool

   Synonyms: banqueta, tallo

• “cadeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cadeira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cadeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cadeira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cadeira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathēgra, variant of Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of cátedra, a borrowing.

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧dei‧ra

cadeira f (plural cadeiras)

1. chair (item of furniture)
2. subject (at the university)
3. (anatomy) hip

• cadeirão, cadeirona
• cadeirado
• cadeiral
• cadeira de rodas
• cadeirinha (diminutive)

• banco

• “cadeira” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.