-zeira

Portuguese

Suffix

-zeira f (noun-forming suffix, plural -zeiras)

  1. female equivalent of -zeiro (suffix)
  2. Variant of -eira, used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone.
    ‎romã (“pomegranate”) + ‎-zeira → ‎romãzeira (“pomegranate tree”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -zeira
romãzeira
sonzeira
topzeira

Further reading

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