"femmina" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfem.mi.na/ Forms: femmine [plural], femminàccia [pejorative]
Rhymes: -emmina Etymology: From Latin fēmina, from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), the feminine mediopassive participle of *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognate with Portuguese fêmea, Sicilian fìmmina, Spanish hembra, French femme. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|fēmina}} Latin fēmina, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*fēmanā}} Proto-Italic *fēmanā, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂||(the one) nursing, breastfeeding}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), {{m|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁(y)-||to suck, suckle}} *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”), {{cog|pt|fêmea}} Portuguese fêmea, {{cog|scn|fìmmina}} Sicilian fìmmina, {{cog|es|hembra}} Spanish hembra, {{cog|fr|femme}} French femme Head templates: {{it-noun|f|dim_derog=femminèlla,femminétta,femminùccia<pos:also, “timid/weak/irresolute man or boy, pussy”>|pej=femminàccia}} femmina f (plural femmine, pejorative femminàccia, diminutive-derogatory femminèlla or femminétta or femminùccia)
  1. female Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for femmina meaning in Italian (2.6kB)

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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese fêmea",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian fìmmina",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "hembra"
      },
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        {
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        {
          "word": "femminile"
        },
        {
          "word": "femminilità"
        },
        {
          "word": "femminilizzazione"
        },
        {
          "word": "femminino"
        },
        {
          "word": "femminismo"
        },
        {
          "word": "femminuccia"
        },
        {
          "word": "sciupafemmine"
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        {
          "word": "donna"
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    }
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    },
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      },
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    {
      "word": "femminella"
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    {
      "word": "femmineo"
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    {
      "word": "femminile"
    },
    {
      "word": "femminilità"
    },
    {
      "word": "femminilizzazione"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "femminismo"
    },
    {
      "word": "femminuccia"
    },
    {
      "word": "sciupafemmine"
    },
    {
      "word": "donna"
    }
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          "word": "maschio"
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        "Italian terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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  "path": [
    "femmina"
  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "femmina",
  "trace": ""
}

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