ombreira

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

umbreira

Etymology

From ombro +‎ -eira. Compare Spanish hombrera.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /õˈbɾe(j).ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /õˈbɾe(j).ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /õˈbɾɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /õˈbɾej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /õˈbɾej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /õˈbɾe.ɾɐ/

Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, -ɐjɾɐ
Hyphenation: om‧brei‧ra

Noun

ombreira f (plural ombreiras)

jamb, stile (vertical component of frame)
- 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
  […] procurando à passagem o apoio de algo sólido, uma parede, a ombreira duma porta.
  in passing searching for the support of something solid: a wall, a door stile.
shoulder pad

Further reading

“ombreira” in iDicionário Aulete.
“ombreira” in Dicionário inFormal.
“ombreira” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“ombreira” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“ombreira” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“ombreira” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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