almeja

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See also: almeją

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French almée.[1] First attested in the mid 19th c..[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈmɛ.ja/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛja
  • Syllabification: al‧me‧ja

Noun

almeja f

  1. almah (Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment)
    Hypernym: tancerka

Declension

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “almeja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

almeja

  1. inflection of almejar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

almejas

Etymology

Probably from Arabic الْمَحَار (al-maḥār). Compare Portuguese amêijoa.

Pronunciation

Noun

almeja f (plural almejas)

  1. clam, cockle
  2. (vulgar, slang) cunt
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

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