femella
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin fēmella (“girl, young woman”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fəˈme.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /feˈme.ʎa/
Noun
femella f (plural femelles)
- female
- Antonym: mascle
- nut (type of fastener)
Derived terms
- falguera femella, (Valencia) falaguera femella
- femella d'orelles (“wingnut”)
- femella papallona (“butterfly nut”)
Further reading
- “femella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “femella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “femella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “femella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
From fēmina (“woman”) + -la (feminine diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /feːˈmel.la/, [feːˈmɛlːʲä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈmel.la/, [feˈmɛlːä]
Noun
fēmella f (genitive fēmellae); first declension (Diminutive of fēmina)
- girl, young woman
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fēmella | fēmellae |
| Genitive | fēmellae | fēmellārum |
| Dative | fēmellae | fēmellīs |
| Accusative | fēmellam | fēmellās |
| Ablative | fēmellā | fēmellīs |
| Vocative | fēmella | fēmellae |
Synonyms
- (young woman): puella
Derived terms
- fēmellārius
Related terms
- fēmina
- fēminātus
- fēmineus
- fēminīnē
- fēminīnus
- fēminō
Descendants
- Catalan: femella
- English: female
- French: femelle
- Norman: feunmelle
- Piedmontese: fumela
- Romanian: femelă
References
- “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016