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Galician
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pectorilis, *pectorile, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Spanish pretil.
Pronunciation
Noun
peitoril m (plural peitorís)
- (architecture) windowsill, sill
- Synonym: antepeito
- (architecture) parapet
- Synonyms: antepeito, parapeito, varanda
1450, A. Fernández Salgado, editor, A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 88:Jten faser todo de nouo os peytorij́ns das ditas casas e poer jaztas e sobrejaztas, e rrecorrer o soyo dos sobrados das ditas casas.- Item, to rebuild the parapets of the aforementioned houses, to put the bearers and the joists, and to lie down the planking of the upper floors
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peytor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peitoril”, 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), “peitoril”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peitoril”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pectorīlis, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Spanish pretil.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
- Hyphenation: pei‧to‧ril
Noun
peitoril m (plural peitoris)
- (architecture) windowsill, sill, parapet
- Synonym: parapeito