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femella

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Etymology

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From Latin fēmella (girl, young woman).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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femella f (plural femelles)

  1. female
    Antonym: mascle
  2. nut (type of fastener)

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From fēmina f (woman) +‎ -la (feminine diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    fēmella f (genitive fēmellae); first declension (diminutive of fēmina)

    1. girl, young woman

    Declension

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative fēmella fēmellae
    genitive fēmellae fēmellārum
    dative fēmellae fēmellīs
    accusative fēmellam fēmellās
    ablative fēmellā fēmellīs
    vocative fēmella fēmellae

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    Descendants

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    Languedocien: femèla f
    Limousin: femela f
    Gascon: hémia f

    References

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    • femella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • femella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • femella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • femella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • femella in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016