Noun: louro
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | louro |
| Singular f | loura |
| Plural m | louros |
| Plural f | louras |
Sample Sentences
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Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louro (For this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil) [1409, Pensado Tomé, edited by José Luis, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:]
Nouns inflected like louro
preguiceiro,
metafísico,
serbio,
entomólogo,
estreleiro,
cunqueiro,
becerro,
palestino,
granxeiro,
georgiano,
kiribatiano,
escandinavo,
chadiano,
tamborileiro,
antónimo,
búlgaro,
alcohólico,
milenario,
mauritano,
anglofóbico, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese louro (“dark coloured”), from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Cognate with Portuguese louro. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
louro', Latin Nouns '
laurus', Portuguese Nouns '
louro'.
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