# arqueiro
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). Equivalent to arco +‎ -eiro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aɾˈkei̯.ɾʊ]

### Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros)
* archer; bowman
    Synonym: seteiro

#### Related terms

* arco
* frecha

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arqueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arqueiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arqueiro”, 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), “arqueiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Late Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco +‎ -eiro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾˈkejɾo/
* Rhymes: -ejɾo
* Hyphenation: ar‧quei‧ro

### Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros)
* archer; bowman

#### Descendants

* Galician: arqueiro
* Portuguese: arqueiro

#### See also

* baesteiro
* flecha

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arqueiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arqueiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco +‎ -eiro.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [ahˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [ahˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾˈke(j).ɾu/ [aɾˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁˈke(j).ɾu/ [aχˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻˈke(j).ɾo/ [aɻˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈkɐj.ɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈkɐj.ɾu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈkej.ɾu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈkej.ɾu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈke.ɾu/
* Hyphenation: ar‧quei‧ro

### Noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)
* (military) archer; bowman (soldier armed with a bow)
    Synonyms: flecheiro, frecheiro, (all less common) seteiro
* (archery) archer (person who practices the sport of archery)
* (Brazil, soccer) goalkeeper (player who guards the goal)
    Synonyms: (Brazil, more common) goleiro, (Portugal) guarda-redes

#### Related terms

* arco
* arco e flecha

#### See also

* besteiro