fìmmina
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Alternative forms
- fimmina (eye dialect)
Etymology
From Latin fēmina, from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), the feminine mediopassive participle of *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognate with Portuguese fêmea, Italian femmina, Spanish hembra, French femme.
Pronunciation
Noun
fìmmina f (plural fìmmini)
- (biology) One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
- (zoology) An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
- (botany) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
- A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.
- A human of the feminine sex or gender.
- Hyponyms: picciriḍḍa, carusa, signura
- Antonyms: picciriḍḍu, carusu, omu, òminu, màsculu
- A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.
- (card games) queen of the Sicilian playing cards
- Synonym: donna
Usage notes
Derived terms
- ffimminatu
- fimminara
- fimminaru
- fimminazza
- fimmineḍḍa
- fimminili
- fimminilità
- fimminilizzazziuni
- fimmininu
- fimminista
- fimminuni
- fimminuzza
- fimminìsimu
- fimmìniu
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: fèmmina
See also
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