# vieira
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* aviñeira

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *vẽeyra, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria (“shell of Venus”), from Classical Latin Venus. Cognate with Portuguese vieira and Spanish venera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [biˈejɾɐ], [ˈbjejɾɐ]

### Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)
* great scallop, St James shell (Pecten Maximus)
** 1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:O noso patrón, santiño ben feito, da barba dourada, que está no seu eido sentado e vestido cal fora romeiro, con súa escraviña e co seu chapeo que ten muitas conchas só do mar do reino, conchiñas vieiras abondo e a desexoOur patron, such a handsomely built saint, with his golden beard, who sits in his place dressed as a pilgrim, with his cape and his hat which have many shell, but just from the sea of the kingdom [of Galicia], scallop shells enough and as many as you would like

#### Derived terms

* Vieira (a surname)

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: vieira

### Further reading

* “vieira”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vieira”, 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), “vieira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vieira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vẽeira, from Early Medieval Latin veneria, from Latin Venus. Doublet of venera. Cognate with Galician vieira and Spanish venera.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /viˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [vɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvje(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈvje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /viˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [vɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvje(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈvje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /viˈe(j).ɾa/ [vɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvje(j).ɾa/ [ˈvje(ɪ̯).ɾa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvjɐj.ɾɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvjɐj.ɾɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbjej.ɾɐ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈvjej.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈvje.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
* Homophone: Vieira
* Hyphenation: vi‧ei‧ra

### Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)
* scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

### References

* ↑ “vieira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “vieira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Galician vieira, from Medieval Latin conchula veneria, from Latin Venus. Doublet of venera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjeiɾa/ [ˈbjei̯.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -eiɾa
* Syllabification: viei‧ra

### Noun

vieira f (plural vieiras)
* scallop
* scallop shell
    Synonyms: venera, concha de peregrino

#### Related terms

* Venus

### Further reading

* “vieira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10