pelouro

From Old Galician-Portuguese (attested since 1261 as a nickname), perhaps from a local substrate language.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [peˈlowɾʊ]

pelouro m (plural pelouros)

1. pebble

   Synonyms: croio, seixo

2. (regional) lock of wool or of hair

   Synonym: guedella

• peloural

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

• peloiro
• piloiro (dated, rare)
• pilouro (obsolete)
• pellouro (obsolete, rare)

Unknown. Possible derivations include:

• from Vulgar Latin *piloriu, from Latin pila (“ball”);
• from Mozarabic *peroulo, a diminutive from Latin petra (“rock”).

• Rhymes: -owɾu
• Hyphenation: pe‧lou‧ro

pelouro m (plural pelouros)

1. a branch municipal administration in Portugal
2. (historical) a small ball of metal or clay used as ammunition for crossbows, scorpions and firearms