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feto
feto
Esperanto
Noun
feto (accusative singular feton, plural fetoj, accusative plural fetojn)
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fētus, probably borrowed.
Noun
feto m (plural feti)
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Latin
Etymology
From fētus (“bearing young, fruitful”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.toː/
Verb
fētō (present infinitive fētāre, perfect active fētāvī, supine fētātum); first conjugation
- (passive) I bring forth, breed.
- (active) I impregnate; to make fruitful.
Inflection
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Descendants
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References
- feto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “feto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.tu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.to/
Etymology 1
Borrowing from Latin fētus (“offspring”).
Noun
feto m (plural fetos)
- (embryology) fetus (human embryo after the eighth week of gestation)
- (biology) fetus (unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal)
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Etymology 2
From earlier fento, from Latin filictum (“place abounding in ferns”), from filix, filicis (“fern”).
Cognate with Galician fento, fieito and Spanish helecho.
Noun
feto m (plural fetos)
Synonyms
- samambaia (Brazil)
Derived terms
- feto-arborescente
- feto-fêmeo
- feto-macho
- fetusca
Related terms
- fetal
- filícico
- filicina