fermosura

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fremosura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from fermoso +‎ -ura. Cognate with Portuguese formosura and Spanish hermosura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɾmoˈsuɾa/ [feɾ.moˈs̺u.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: fer‧mo‧su‧ra

Noun

fermosura f (plural fermosuras)

1. beauty

   Synonym: beleza

   A fermosura moitas faltas disimula (proverb) ― Beauty conceals many faults

Related terms

• fermoso

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fremosura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fremosura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fermosura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fermosura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 9 November 2017

Alternative forms

• fremosura

Etymology

From fermoso (“beautiful”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heɾmoˈzuɾa/

Noun

fermosura f (usually uncountable)

1. beauty
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 118v:

     Et ſobre eſta fregan el oro. ⁊ la plata. ⁊ el eſtanno. ⁊ el plomo. ⁊ el cobre. ⁊ pareſce ſu color. ⁊ ſu fermoſura. ⁊ ſu bondat.

     And on it they wash gold, and silver, and tin, and lead, and copper, and it makes apparent their color, and beauty, and goodness.

Descendants

• Ladino: ermozura
• Spanish: hermosura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɾmoˈsuɾa/ [feɾ.moˈsu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: fer‧mo‧su‧ra

Noun

fermosura f (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of hermosura.

Further reading

• “fermosura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10