cairo

See also: Cai-rô, cải rổ, and Cairo

Galician

cairo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾo/ [ˈkɑj.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ajɾo
• Hyphenation: cai‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin dente canario (“canine tooth”).

Noun

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. fang

   Synonyms: cabeiro, canino

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kóros?

Proto-Indo-European *-yóm

Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm

Proto-Italic *korjom

Latin corium?

Galician cairo

Possibly from Latin corium (“hide, peel”).

Adjective

cairo (feminine caira, masculine plural cairos, feminine plural cairas)

1. tailless, naked (a hen, a chicken)

Related terms

• escairar (“to peel”)

Etymology 3

Perhaps from *caurius, from Latin caurus (“north-west wind”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). In that case, it would be a cognate with English shower.

Noun

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. downpour

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “cairo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cairo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cairo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cairo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “queiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• queiro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dente canario (“canine tooth”).

Pronunciation

• (Northern Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkajɾu/, /ˈkãjɾu/

Noun

cairo m (plural cairos)

1. fang

   Synonym: canino

2. wisdom tooth

   Synonym: dente do siso

Further reading

• “cairo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cairo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026