parteira

Galician

Etymology

From parto +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɾˈtejɾa/ [paɾˈt̪ej.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -ejɾa
Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra

Noun

parteira f (plural parteiras)

midwife

Related terms

parto

References

“parteira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“parteira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“parteira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From parto (“birth; delivery”) +‎ -eira (“-eer”), from Old Galician-Portuguese parto, from Latin partus (“birth”), from pariō (“to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [pahˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [paɾˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁˈte(j).ɾɐ/ [paχˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paɻˈte(j).ɾa/ [paɻˈte(ɪ̯).ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈte.ɾɐ/

Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
Hyphenation: par‧tei‧ra

Noun

parteira f (plural parteiras)

midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)
female equivalent of parteiro

Related terms

parto

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