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feira

feira

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

feira

  1. simple past of feire
  2. past participle of feire

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Middle Low German, from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛiːra/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

feira (present tense feirar, past tense feira, past participle feira, passive infinitive feirast, present participle feirande, imperative feira/feir)

  1. celebrate (engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event)
    Me feirar den fjortande.
    We will celebrate it on the fourteenth.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese feira, from Late Latin feria (festival, holiday), from Latin feriae, from Proto-Indo-European *dhēs- (god, godhead, deity).

Cognate with Galician feira, Spanish feria, French foire, Italian fiera and English fair.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɐj.ɾɐ/, /ˈfej.ɾɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfej.ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: fei‧ra

Noun

feira f (plural feiras)

  1. market
  2. fair
  3. confusion
  4. designation for a weekday in Portuguese: e.g. segunda-feira for Monday, terça-feira for Tuesday, etc.

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