queijo

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkejʃo/ [ˈkej.ʃʊ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ejʃo
  • Hyphenation: quei‧jo

Noun

queijo m (plural queijos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of queixo (cheese)

References

  • queijo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cāseus (cheese). Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Spanish queso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkej.ʒo/

Noun

queijo m (plural queijos)

  1. cheese

Descendants

  • Fala: queixhu, queixu (Valverdeñu)
  • Galician: queixo
  • Portuguese: queijo (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo (cheese), from Latin cāseus (cheese), see there for more. Cognate with Galician queixo, Spanish queso, Italian cacio, Romanian caș and English cheese.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʒu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒu]
 

  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ejʒu, -eʒu, (Portugal) -ɐjʒu
  • Hyphenation: quei‧jo

Noun

queijo m (plural queijos)

  1. cheese (dairy product)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: keju
  • Javanese: ꦏꦺꦗꦸ (kèju)
  • Minangkabau: keju
  • Malay: keju
    • > Indonesian: keju (inherited)
    • Iban: kiju
    • Tausug: kiju
  • Sinhalese: කේජු (kēju)
  • Tetum: keiju

Further reading