femella

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Etymology

From Latin fēmella (“girl, young woman”).

Pronunciation

Noun

femella f (plural femelles)

  1. female
    Antonym: mascle
  2. nut (type of fastener)

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Latin

Etymology

From fēmina (“woman”) +‎ -la (feminine diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

fēmella f (genitive fēmellae); first declension (Diminutive of fēmina)

  1. girl, young woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fēmella fēmellae
Genitive fēmellae fēmellārum
Dative fēmellae fēmellīs
Accusative fēmellam fēmellās
Ablative fēmellā fēmellīs
Vocative fēmella fēmellae

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References

  • “femella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “femella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • femella 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)
  • femella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • femella in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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