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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso, from Latin fōrmōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feɾˈmoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Hyphenation: fer‧mo‧so
Adjective
fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)
- beautiful
- Synonyms: belo, guapo
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fōrmōsus, from fōrma (“form, figure”) + -osus (“-ose: full of”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fermoso (feminine singular fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)
- beautiful
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4r:Laban auie .ij. fijas la maẏor auie nõbre lẏa. e la menor rachel. E lẏa. auie los oios muelles. e rachel era muẏ fermoſa. e eſta amo iacob.- Laban had two daughters. The older had the name Leah, and the younger Rachel. And Leah had weak eyes, and Rachel was very beautiful, and it was her whom Jacob loved.
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feɾˈmoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: fer‧mo‧so
Adjective
fermoso (feminine fermosa, masculine plural fermosos, feminine plural fermosas)
- Obsolete form of hermoso.
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