cabeceira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeçeira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): synchronically cabeza +‎ -eira. Cognate with Portuguese cabeceira and Spanish cabecera.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kaβeˈθei̯ɾɐ], (western) [kaβeˈsei̯ɾɐ]

Noun

cabeceira f (plural cabeceiras)

  1. (furniture) headboard, bedhead
    Synonym: testeiro
  2. (fishing) first floater of a longline
    Antonym: cúa
  3. extreme or top of a field
    Antonyms: fondeira, illargada
  4. (archaic) head of government
  5. headwaters

References
  • “cabeçeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cabeçe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cabeceira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cabeceira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cabeceira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From cabeça (“head”) +‎ -eira. Compare Spanish cabecera.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/ [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.beˈse(j).ɾa/ [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾa]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsej.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾɐ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsej.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.bɨˈse.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈse.ɾɐ]

  • Hyphenation: ca‧be‧cei‧ra

Noun

cabeceira f (plural cabeceiras)

  1. (furniture) headboard (of a bed)
  2. (especially in the plural) source of a river

Further reading
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