Translingual

Eira barbara

Proper noun

Eira f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – the tayra.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Mustelinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Eira barbara (sole known species)

Finnish

Etymology

From an Old Norse goddess of medicine, Eir, eir ‎(“relief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeirɑ]
• Hyphenation: Ei‧ra

Proper noun

Eira

1. A female given name.
2. A district of Helsinki, the site of a hospital named for the Old Norse goddess.

Declension

Guaraní

Noun

eira

1. wild cat

Portuguese

eira

eira (Eira barbara)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ɾa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐj.ɾɐ/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese eira ‎(“threshing floor”), from Latin ārea ‎(“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate to Galician eira, Spanish era, Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área.

Noun

eira f (plural eiras)

1. threshing floor

Synonyms

• malhadouro

Derived terms

• sem eira nem beira

Related terms

• área, eirado

Etymology 2

From Guaraní eira.

Noun

eira f (plural eiras)

1. tayra (Eira barbara)

Synonyms

• irara, papa-mel

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *argyos ‎(“snow”) (compare Cornish ergh, Breton erc’h), from Proto-Celtic *argyos ‎(“white”), from the same stem as *argantom ‎(“silver”) (compare Old Irish argat ‎(“silver”), Welsh arian ‎(“silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəi̯ra/

Noun

eira m (uncountable)

1. snow

Mutation