fêmea

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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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

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  • (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

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fêmea f (plural fêmeas)

  1. female
    Antonym: macho

Descendants

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  • Kabuverdianu: fémia

Adjective

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fêmea

  1. feminine singular of fêmeo