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Noun

pedra f ‎(plural pedres)

1. stone

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

pedra f ‎(plural pedras)

1. stone (as a material)
2. stone, rock
3. hailstone
4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone
5. (dentistry) tartar

Synonyms

• (stone): rocha
• (hailstone): pedrazo
• (medical: deposit): cálculo

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin petra ‎(“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα ‎(pétra, “stone, rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *per ‎(“to pass over, to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾa/

Noun

pedra f

1. rock, stone
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 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.

Descendants

• Galician: pedra
• Portuguese: pedra

Portuguese

pedras

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra ‎(“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα ‎(pétra, “stone, rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *per ‎(“to pass over, to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.ðɾɐ]
  • (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.dɾɐ]
• Hyphenation: pe‧dra

Noun

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone (as a material)
2. stone, rock
3. hailstone
4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone
5. (dentistry) tartar
6. (slang) crack cocaine

Synonyms

• (stone): rocha
• (medical: deposit): cálculo

Derived terms

• pedreira
• pedreiro

Sardinian

Noun

pedra

1. stone