loira

See also: Loira and lối ra

Aragonese

Una loira.

Alternative forms

• nutria, nuria, noria, noira, noira
• luria, ludia (Eastern)
  • lluria, llutria (Benasquese)
• turia (Southern)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lutria, a variant of Latin lutra. Cognates include Spanish nutria and Catalan llúdria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloi̯ɾa/
• Rhymes: -oi̯ɾa
• Syllabification: loi‧ra

Noun

loira f (plural loiras)

1. otter

References

• Martínez Tur, Feliciano; Rodés Orquín, Francho (2022), “loira / luria, lluria, ludia, lutria, llutria, nuria, noria, noira, aloira”, in Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán‎^[1], Zaragoza, Spain: Estudio de Filolochía Aragonesa, Edicions Dichitals de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, published April 2025, →ISSN, page 724

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈloj.ɾɐ/ [ˈloɪ̯.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈloj.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ojɾɐ
• Hyphenation: loi‧ra

Adjective

loira

1. feminine singular of loiro

Noun

loira f (plural loiras)

1. female equivalent of loiro

Further reading

• “loira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “loira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026