mamífero

Galician

Noun

mamífero m (plural mamíferos)

1. mammal

Portuguese

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animal de criação animal de estimação animal sevagem humano

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mammiferum, from mamma (“teat”) +‎ ferō (“to bear”). By surface analysis, mamar (“to suckle”) +‎ -ífero.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈmi.fe.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈmi.fe.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈmi.fe.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈmi.fɨ.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ifeɾu
• Hyphenation: ma‧mí‧fe‧ro

Adjective

mamífero (feminine mamífera, masculine plural mamíferos, feminine plural mamíferas)

1. mammalian

Noun

mamífero m (plural mamíferos, feminine mamífera, feminine plural mamíferas)

1. mammal

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mammifer: mamma (“teat”) + fero (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈmifeɾo/ [maˈmi.fe.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -ifeɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧mí‧fe‧ro

Adjective

mamífero (feminine mamífera, masculine plural mamíferos, feminine plural mamíferas)

1. mammalian

Noun

mamífero m (plural mamíferos)

1. mammal

Further reading

• “mamífero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10