"conferva" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈfɜːvə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: confervas [plural], confervae [plural], confervæ [obsolete, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cōnferva}} Latin cōnferva Head templates: {{en-noun|s|confervae|confervæ|pl3qual=obsolete}} conferva (plural confervas or confervae or (obsolete) confervæ)
  1. (obsolete) Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater alga, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in Cladophora or Tribonema Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Green algae Derived forms: confervoid, confervous Translations (conferva): conferve [feminine] (French), cōnferva [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-conferva-en-noun-IGTP~rOu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 3 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 2 19

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /konˈfer.u̯a/ [Classical-Latin], [kõːˈfɛru̯ä] [Classical-Latin], /konˈfer.va/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [koɱˈfɛrvä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: cōnferveō + -a (noun) Etymology templates: {{af|la|cōnferveō|-a|id2=agent noun|pos2=noun}} cōnferveō + -a (noun) Head templates: {{la-noun|cōnferva<1>}} cōnferva f (genitive cōnfervae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cōnferva<1>}} Forms: cōnferva [canonical, feminine], cōnfervae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cōnferva [nominative, singular], cōnfervae [nominative, plural], cōnfervae [genitive, singular], cōnfervārum [genitive, plural], cōnfervae [dative, singular], cōnfervīs [dative, plural], cōnfervam [accusative, singular], cōnfervās [accusative, plural], cōnfervā [ablative, singular], cōnfervīs [ablative, plural], cōnferva [singular, vocative], cōnfervae [plural, vocative]
  1. conferva (a green freshwater alga, formerly regarded as an aquatic plant) Tags: declension-1 Categories (lifeform): Algae
    Sense id: en-conferva-la-noun-rlYkGzHP
  2. consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale) Tags: declension-1 Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants
    Sense id: en-conferva-la-noun-pmUYOTdO Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -a (agent noun) Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 43 57 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -a (agent noun): 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cōnsolida, cōnfirma, cōnserva

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "300 CE – 400 CE, Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium 59.4",
          "text": "A Graecis dicitur sinfitum, alii confirma, alii conserva, alii pecte, alii alum Gallicum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "consound (common comfrey, Symphytum officinale)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consound",
          "consound#English"
        ],
        [
          "common comfrey",
          "w:en:common comfrey"
        ],
        [
          "Symphytum officinale",
          "Wikispecies:Symphytum officinale"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/konˈfer.u̯a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõːˈfɛru̯ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/konˈfer.va/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koɱˈfɛrvä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cōnsolida"
    },
    {
      "word": "cōnfirma"
    },
    {
      "word": "cōnserva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "conferva"
}

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{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (consound): cōnsolida desc=consound rest=cōnsolida cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=False",
  "path": [
    "conferva"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "conferva",
  "trace": ""
}

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