soleira

Galician

Alternative forms

• suleira

Etymology

From solo (“soil”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈlejɾɐ]

Noun

soleira f (plural soleiras)

1. threshold, doorstep

   Synonyms: limiar, soarego

2. sill

   Synonyms: peitoril, piar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “soleyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soleira”, 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), “soleira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “soleira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈle(j).ɾɐ/ [soˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈle(j).ɾɐ/ [soˈle(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈle(j).ɾa/ [soˈle(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈle.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: so‧lei‧ra

Noun

soleira f (plural soleiras)

1. threshold, doorstep