ferramenta

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferramenta (“ironmongery”).

Noun

ferramenta (uncountable)

  1. The supporting ironwork associated with stained glass panels.

Catalan

Etymology

From the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentes)

  1. ironwork
  2. (Valencia) tool
    Synonym: eina

Further reading

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta.

Pronunciation

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentas)

  1. tool

Related terms

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Ferramentas ("tools")
Limpando a ferramenta (lit. "cleaning the hardware")

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: fer‧ra‧men‧ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentas)

  1. tool
    Synonym: apeiro

Noun

ferramenta f (uncountable)

  1. hardware; tools of the trade
    • 1320, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 452:
      de cada huna domãã pagaredes [huun] dia a seara con uosa ferramenta
      each week you'll pay with a day of hired work together with your hardware
  2. (humorous, uncountable) dentition
  3. (euphemistic, humorous) penis

References

  • “ferramenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ferramenta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ferramenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ferramenta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ferramenta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fer.raˈmen.ta/
  • Rhymes: -enta
  • Hyphenation: fer‧ra‧mén‧ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramente)

  1. hardware
  2. ironmongery, ironmonger

Noun

ferramenta m (plural ferramenti)

  1. ironmonger's (shop)

Synonyms

Latin

Noun

ferrāmenta

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ferrāmentum

References

  • “ferramenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: fer‧ra‧men‧ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentas)

  1. tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)
  2. (Brazil, euphemistic, colloquial) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis
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