outeiro

Alternative forms

• oiteiro
• outeyro (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese outeiro, probably from Latin altārium, or a derivative, with the suffix -eiro, of an unattested Old Portuguese *outo, from Latin altus (“high”) (see alto). Cognate with Galician outeiro and Spanish otero. Cf. also altar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w).ˈtɐj.ɾu/, /o(w).ˈtej.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: ou‧tei‧ro

Noun

outeiro m (plural outeiros)

1. hillock, knoll
   • 1891, Eça de Queirós (translator), H. Rider Haggard (English author), As minas de Salomão (King Solomon's Mines), Lugan & Genelioux, page 94:

     […] no cimo de cada uma, um immenso outeiro […] todo coberto de neve, semelhava exactissimamente […] o bico d'um peito.

     […] on the top of each was a vast round hillock covered with snow, exactly corresponding to the nipple on the female breast.