vidro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Portuguese vidro, Spanish vidrio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiðɾʊ]

Noun

vidro m (plural vidros)

1. (uncountable) glass (material)
2. glass (a pane of glass; a window (especially of a coach or similar vehicle))
3. (in the plural) glasses
4. glaze

   Synonym: lazo

Related terms

• vidroso

References

• “vidro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “vidro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “vidro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vidro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vidro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Italic *wedro- (“glass”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with French verre, Italian vetro, Spanish vidrio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾu/ [ˈvi.ðɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dɾu/ [ˈvi.ðɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.dɾu/ [ˈbi.ðɾu]

• Hyphenation: vi‧dro

Noun

vidro m (plural vidros)

1. glass (the material)

Related terms

• vidrar
• vidrado
• vidraria
• vidrão
• vidreiro
• vidraça
• vitral

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: bidru
• → Japanese: ビードロ (bīdoro)

Etymology 2

Verb

vidro

1. first-person singular present indicative of vidrar

Slovene

Noun

vídro

1. accusative/instrumental singular of vidra