tinteiro

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From tinta +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

Noun

tinteiro m (plural tinteiros)

  1. inkwell; inkhorn
    • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos de un escolar gallego:
      Sobre un tapiz dua mesa
      mais louro do que é o carbon
      hay procesos, e un tinteiro
      feito de corno de boy.
      Over the cloth of a table,
      blacker than coal,
      there are lawsuits and an inkwell
      made with ox horn
  2. (nautical) mast hole or support

References

Portuguese

tinteiro

Etymology

From tinta +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

tinteiro m (plural tinteiros)

  1. inkwell, inkstand, inkhorn
  2. (computing) cartridge
    Synonym: cartucho