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2024
carpideira
carpideira
Portuguese
carpideiras
Noun
carpideira
f
(
plural
carpideiras
)
(
historical
)
a professional
mourner
, a
moirologist
(
a woman paid to grieve at a funeral
)
Etymology
Carpir
(
“
to mourn
”
)
+
-deira
.
Compare Spanish
plañidera
.
Pronunciation
(
Portugal
)
IPA
(key)
:
/kɐɾ.pi.ˈðɐj.ɾɐ/
,
/kɐɾ.pi.ˈðej.ɾɐ/
Hyphenation:
car‧pi‧dei‧ra
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