letreiro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese letereyro (first attested in the 14th century). By surface analysis, letra +‎ -eiro.

• IPA^(key): /leˈtɾejɾo/ [leˈt̪ɾej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo

letreiro m (plural letreiros)

1. sign, signage
2. notice, label
3. billboard, placard
4. cirl bunting (Emberiza cirlus)

   Synonym: escribenta

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

From letra +‎ -eiro.

• Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: le‧trei‧ro

letreiro m (plural letreiros)

1. sign, signage
2. notice, label
3. billboard, placard