trincheira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese trincheira (13th century), from Old French trenchier (“to cut”), from Celtic.

Noun

trincheira f (plural trincheiras)

1. trench
2. (archaic) temple

   Synonyms: chincheira, sen, tempa, vidalla

   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 85:

     sangraras o Cauallo en anbas llas uẽeas das trincheiras et tiralle do sange asaz

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• trinchar

References

• “trincheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “trinche” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “trincheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trincheira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

trincheira f

1. temple (region of skull)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "trincheira"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [tɾĩˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [tɾĩˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃe(j).ɾa/ [tɾĩˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈt͡ʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾĩˈʃe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: trin‧chei‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tranchée.

Noun

trincheira f (plural trincheiras)

1. trench (long, narrow ditch)
2. (military) trench (narrow excavation used in warfare)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trincheira

1. inflection of trincheirar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative