fêmea

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese femea, femẽa (“female”), from Latin fēmina (“woman, wife, female”), from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (“(f.) one who is sucked; one who suckles”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).

Cognate with Galician femia, Spanish hembra, Occitan femna, French femme, Italian femmina and Romanian famen.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfẽ.me.ɐ/, /ˈfẽ.mi.ɐ/ [ˈfẽ.mɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈfẽ.mjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfe.me.a/

  • Hyphenation: fê‧me‧a

Noun

fêmea f (plural fêmeas)

  1. female
    Antonym: macho

Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: fémia

Adjective

fêmea

  1. feminine singular of fêmeo
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.