seixo

Galician

Alternative forms

xeixo

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈs̺ejʃʊ]

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

Synonyms

(quartz): cuarzo

References

“seyx” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“seixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“seixo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“seixo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

seixos

Alternative forms

seyxo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin saxum (“a stone”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ʃu/
(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ʃo/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj.ʃu/, /ˈsej.ʃu/
Hyphenation: sei‧xo
Homophone: Seixo

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

pebble (small stone)
Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha
(geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)

Coordinate terms

(pebble in the Wentworth scale): argila, silte, areia, grânulo, bloco/calhau, matacão

Derived terms

seixo rolado

Related terms

seixa
seixada
seixal
seixeira
seixoso

Further reading

seixo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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