femna

Occitan

Alternative forms

• (Gascon) hemna, frema

Etymology

From Old Occitan femna, from Latin fēmina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfennɒ]

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

femna f (plural femnas) (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. woman
2. wife

Derived terms

• femna daurada, lèu consolada

 

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 318.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• fembra

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēmina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhemna/

Noun

femna f (plural femnas)

1. female
   • c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 36v

     (...) metras en el archa por uenir contigo maslo e femna (...)

     You shall put in the ark for coming with you male and female (...)

Descendants

• Spanish: hembra
  • → English: hembra

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “gorgojo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Gredos, →ISBN, page 175