sementeira

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. Semente (“seed”) +‎ -eira

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /semenˈtejɾa/

Noun

sementeira f (plural sementeiras)

  1. (agriculture) sown land
  2. (agriculture) sowing season
  3. (agriculture) sowing
  4. (agriculture) seedbed, nursery
    Synonyms: alcouve, murteira, pebideiro, sementeiro
  5. (agriculture) seed
    Synonym: semente

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From semente +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.mẽˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [se.mẽˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.mẽˈte(j).ɾa/ [se.mẽˈte(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 

  • Hyphenation: se‧men‧tei‧ra

Noun

sementeira f (plural sementeiras)

  1. (agriculture) sown land
  2. (agriculture) sowing season
  3. (agriculture) a plant nursery
    Synonym: viveiro
  4. (figurative) origin, source
    Synonyms: origem, fonte, semente
  5. (figurative) diffusion, dispersion, spreading
    Synonyms: difusão, dispersão, espalhamento
  6. female equivalent of sementeiro
    Synonym: semeadora
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