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Galician
Etymology 1
From *costanario, from Latin costa (“rib; side”). Cognate with Spanish costanero.
Pronunciation
Adjective
costeiro (feminine costeira, masculine plural costeiros, feminine plural costeiras)
- slopy, sloping
Derived terms
Noun
costeiro m (plural costeiros)
- (construction) purlin
- shepherd boy
Etymology 2
costa (“shore”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
costeiro (feminine costeira, masculine plural costeiros, feminine plural costeiras)
- coastal
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Costeyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “costeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “costeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “costeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From costa + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ejɾu
- Hyphenation: cos‧tei‧ro
Adjective
costeiro (feminine costeira, masculine plural costeiros, feminine plural costeiras)
- coastal