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fera

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See also: Fera, FERA, fêra, and -fera

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fera.

Pronunciation

Noun

fera f (plural feres)

  1. wild animal, beast

Adjective

fera

  1. feminine singular of fer (“wild, untamed”)

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfera/
  • Rhymes: -era
  • Hyphenation: fer‧a

Adjective

fera (accusative singular feran, plural feraj, accusative plural ferajn)

  1. iron (attributive)

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fera

  1. third-person singular future of faire
    Demain il fera beau.
    Tomorrow it will be lovely. (the weather)

Gothic

Romanization

fēra

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌰

Japanese

Romanization

fera

  1. Rōmaji transcription of フェラ

Latin

Etymology

Nominalization of the feminine forms of ferus. For the gender, perhaps compare the semantically similar bēstia f, bēlua f, and pecus f.

Pronunciation

Noun

fera f (genitive ferae); first declension

  1. wild animal, beast

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • Catalan: fera
  • Italian: fiera
  • Portuguese: fera
  • Romanian: fiară
  • Spanish: fiera

References

  • “fera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "fera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferire, from Latin ferire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛː.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

fera (imperfect jferi, past participle ferit)

  1. to injure, wound
    Synonyms: darab, ġeraħ

Conjugation

More information positive forms, singular ...
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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōrijō, from *fōrijan +‎ *-ō.

Noun

fera m

  1. companion, associate

Declension

Weak:

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

fera f

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Portuguese

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Etymology

From Latin fera, from ferus.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ra

Noun

fera f (plural feras)

  1. beast (non-human animal)
    Synonyms: besta, bicho, criatura
  2. (Brazil, figurative) beast (violent person)

Derived terms

  • atirar às feras
  • besta-fera
  • ferinha
  • ficar uma fera

Noun

fera m or f (plural feras)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) skillful person
  2. (Pernambuco, colloquial) freshman
    Synonyms: caloiro, bicho

Adjective

fera m or f (plural feras)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) skillful

Adjective

fera

  1. feminine singular of fero

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fera.

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Verb

fera

  1. to split
  2. to crack, to burst open

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