arqueiro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). Equivalent to arco +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɾˈkei̯.ɾʊ]

Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros)

1. archer; bowman

   Synonym: seteiro

Related terms

• arco
• frecha

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “arqueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “arqueiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arqueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arqueiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈkejɾo/
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: ar‧quei‧ro

Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros)

1. archer; bowman

Descendants

• Galician: arqueiro
• Portuguese: arqueiro

See also

• baesteiro
• flecha

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “arqueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “arqueiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [ahˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [ahˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈke(j).ɾu/ [aɾˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [aχˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈke(j).ɾo/ [aɻˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈke.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ar‧quei‧ro

Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)

1. (military) archer; bowman (soldier armed with a bow)

   Synonyms: flecheiro, frecheiro, (all less common) seteiro

2. (archery) archer (person who practices the sport of archery)
3. (Brazil, soccer) goalkeeper (player who guards the goal)

   Synonyms: (Brazil, more common) goleiro, (Portugal) guarda-redes

Related terms

• arco
• arco e flecha

See also

• besteiro

Further reading

• “arqueiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “arqueiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025