fêmea

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Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

 
  • (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[edit]

fêmea f (plural fêmeas)

  1. female
    Antonym: macho

Descendants[edit]

  • Kabuverdianu: fémia

Adjective[edit]

fêmea

  1. feminine singular of fêmeo
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