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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese senlleiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *singulārius, from Latin singulāris (“alone, singular”).
Cognate with Portuguese senheiro and Spanish señero.
Pronunciation
Adjective
señeiro (feminine señeira, masculine plural señeiros, feminine plural señeiras)
- alone
- Synonyms: só, soo, soio, senlleiro, ameucabo
- single
- Synonyms: único, singular
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “señeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega