cadeira

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathédra, from Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Cognate with Portuguese cadeira and Spanish cadera.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈdejɾa/ [kɑˈð̞ej.ɾɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ejɾa
• Hyphenation: ca‧dei‧ra

cadeira f (plural cadeiras)

1. chair; armchair
2. (anatomy) hip

   Synonym: cadril

3. kind of baby walker
4. stool

   Synonyms: banqueta, tallo

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cadeira”, 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), “cadeira”, 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), “cadeira”, 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), “cadeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cadeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathēgra, variant of Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of cátedra, a borrowing.

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• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧dei‧ra

cadeira f (plural cadeiras)

1. chair (item of furniture)
2. subject (at the university)
3. (figurative) seat, chair (central or branch seat of a society)

   Cadeira presidencial ― presidential chair

4. (anatomy, in the plural) hips
   • 2017 June 28, Mariela Saravia, Pérola de Lótus: Uma intrusa‎^[1], Babelcube Inc., →ISBN:

     Em seguida, manteve o ritmo entre seus dedos e sua palma, sobre um de meus seios enquanto sua outra mão baixava por meu ventre, fazendo caricias em minhas cadeiras e rodeando meu umbigo com seu dedo indicador.

     Then, he kept the rhythm between his fingers and his palm, on one of my breasts while his other hand moved down my belly, caressing my hips and circling my navel with his index finger.

5. (university slang) course, class

• banco

• “cadeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “cadeira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cadeira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025