-zeiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From -z- + -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈze(j).ɾu/ [ˈze(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈze(j).ɾo/ [ˈze(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈze.ɾu/

Hyphenation: zei‧ro

Suffix

-zeiro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -zeiros, feminine -zeira, feminine plural -zeiras) (attached to masculine nouns)
-zeiro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -zeira, masculine plural -zeiros, feminine plural -zeiras) (attached to adjectives)

Variant of -eiro, used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone.
‎café (“coffee”) + ‎-zeiro → ‎cafezeiro (“coffee plant”)

‎abacaxi (“pineapple”) + ‎-zeiro → ‎abacaxizeiro (“pineapple plant”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -zeiro