# pedra
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpe.ðɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpe.ðɾa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pedra f (plural pedres)
* stone
* (medicine) stone, calculus
    Synonym: càlcul
* hailstone
    Synonyms: calamarsa, granís

#### Derived terms

* empedreir
* pedra foguera
* pedrada
* pedraferit
* pedraplè
* pedregar
* pedregós
* pedrer
* pedrís
* pedró
* pedrós
* tota pedra fa paret

#### Related terms

* PedraforcaPedralbespetrificar

### Further reading

* “pedra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pedra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pedra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pedra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Fala
### Alternative forms

* peira (Mañegu)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Compare Galician and Portuguese pedra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpedɾa/
* Rhymes: -edɾa
* Syllabification: pe‧dra

### Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)
* (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) stone, rock

#### Derived terms

* empedral (“to pave”)
* impedral (“to pave”)
* pedrau (“blow with a rock”)
* pedreiru (“stonecutter”)
* pedrá (“blow with a rock”)

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Compare Fala and Portuguese pedra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛdɾa/ [ˈpɛ.ð̞ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛdɾa
* Hyphenation: pe‧dra

### Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)
* stone (as a material)
* stone, rock
    Synonyms: roca, rocha
* hailstone
    Synonym: pedrazo
* (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone
    Synonym: cálculo
* (dentistry) tartar
    Synonym: sarrio

#### Derived terms

* Parafita
* Pedrafita
* pedrazo
* Pedreda
* Pedredo
* pedregal
* Pedregal
* Pedregás
* Pedregosa
* Pedregueira
* pedreira
* Pedreira
* Pedreiro
* pedreiro
* Pedrido
* pedrolo
* Pedrón
* Pedrosa
* pedroso
* Pedroso
* Pedrouco
* Pedrouso
* Pedrouza
* Pedrouzo
* Pedrouzos

#### Further reading

* “pedra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pedra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pedra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pedra”, 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), “pedra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pedra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese pedra. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pédra.

### Noun

pedra
* stone

## Karelian

Regional variants of pedra :
| North Karelian (Viena) | petra |
| South Karelian (Tver) | pedra |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pëtra. Cognates include Finnish peura and Veps pedr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpedrɑ/
* Hyphenation: ped‧ra

### Noun

pedra (genitive pedran, partitive pedrua)
* (South Karelian) reindeer

#### Declension
### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “pedra”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

## Leonese
### Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

### Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)
* stone

### References

* AEDLL

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛ.dɾa/

### Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)
* rock, stone
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 294 (facsimile):
    Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
       How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.
* (figurative) penis

#### Related terms

* pedreiro

#### Descendants

* Fala: pedra, peira
* Galician: pedra
* Portuguese: pedra (see there for further descendants)

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "pedra"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Cognate with Fala and Galician pedra.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.dɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ/ [ˈpɛ.ðɾɐ]
* Hyphenation: pe‧dra

### Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)
* stone (as a material)
* stone, rock
    Synonym: rocha
* rock (closed hand in rock paper scissors)
* hailstone
* (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone
    Synonym: cálculo
* (dentistry) tartar
* (slang) crack cocaine

#### Derived terms

* pedrada
* pedregulho
* pedreira
* pedreiro
* pedrinha
* pedrona
* pedroso
* tirar leite de pedra

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: pedra
* Kabuverdianu: pédra

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

### Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)
* stone