cadeira

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Galician

Etymology

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.

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Noun

cadeira f (plural cadeiras)

  1. chair; armchair
  2. (anatomy) hip
    Synonym: cadril
  3. kind of baby walker
  4. stool
    Synonyms: banqueta, tallo

References

  • “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.

Portuguese

cadeira

Etymology

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.

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Noun

cadeira f (plural cadeiras)

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

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