louro
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese louro (“dark coloured”), from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Cognate with Portuguese louro.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)
- dark blonde; blonde; golden
- black; dark brown; dark purple
- 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos de un escolar gallego:
- Sobre un tapiz dua mesa
mais louro do que é o carbon
hay procesos, e un tinteiro
feito de corno de boy.- Over the cloth of a table,
blacker than coal,
there are lawsuits and an inkwell
made with ox horn
- Over the cloth of a table,
Noun[edit]
louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)
- laurel tree
- Synonym: loureiro
- 1409, Pensado Tomé, edited by José Luis, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:
- Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louro
- For this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil
- blonde person
- boulder, craig
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “louro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “louro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “louro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “louro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “louro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -owɾu
- Hyphenation: lou‧ro
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).
Noun[edit]
louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)
- blond (fair haired person)
- blond (pale golden brown colour)
- Synonym: fulvo
- laurel (plant)
- laurel leaf, used as food
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.
Adjective[edit]
louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
louro m (plural louros)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.
References[edit]
- ^ “louro” in iDicionário Aulete.
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