saleiro

Galician

Etymology

From sal (“salt”), from Latin sal, and the suffix -eiro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saˈlejɾo̝/

Noun

saleiro m (plural saleiros)

  1. salt cellar; salt shaker
    • 1373, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:
      et dous saleyros para sal et quatro baçios grandes dstanno
      two salt cellars for holding salt and four large bowls of tin
  2. trough used for salting meat (for its preservation)

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

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    From sal +‎ -eiro.

    Pronunciation
     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈle(j).ɾu/ [saˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈle(j).ɾo/ [saˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo]
     

    • Hyphenation: sa‧lei‧ro

    Noun

    saleiro m (plural saleiros)

    1. salt cellar; salt shaker (a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling)
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