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femella
femella
Catalan
Noun
femella f (plural femelles)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- falguera femella, (Valencia) falguera femella
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from fēmina (“woman”) + -ella.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /feːˈmel.la/
Noun
fēmella f (genitive fēmellae); first declension
fēmellā
- ablative singular of femella
Inflection
First declension.
| 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
Descendants
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “femella”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- femella in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016