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Etymology
Inherited from Latin fera.
Pronunciation
Noun
fera f (plural feres)
- wild animal, beast
Related terms
Adjective
fera
- feminine singular of fer (“wild, untamed”)
Further reading
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adjective
fera (accusative singular feran, plural feraj, accusative plural ferajn)
- iron (attributive)
French
Pronunciation
Verb
fera
- third-person singular future of faire
- Demain il fera beau.
- Tomorrow it will be lovely. (the weather)
Gothic
Romanization
fēra
- Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌰
Japanese
Romanization
fera
- 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
- wild animal, beast
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
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)
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ferire, from Latin ferire.
Pronunciation
Verb
fera (imperfect jferi, past participle ferit)
- to injure, wound
- Synonyms: darab, ġeraħ
Conjugation
Related terms
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
fera f
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin fera, from ferus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
- Hyphenation: fe‧ra
Noun
fera f (plural feras)
- beast (non-human animal)
- Synonyms: besta, bicho, criatura
- (Brazil, figurative) beast (violent person)
Derived terms
Noun
fera m or f (plural feras)
- (Brazil, colloquial) skillful person
- (Pernambuco, colloquial) freshman
- Synonyms: caloiro, bicho
Adjective
fera m or f (plural feras)
- (Brazil, colloquial) skillful
Adjective
fera
- feminine singular of fero
Quotations
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See also
Further reading
Tetum
Verb
fera
- to split
- to crack, to burst open