perpetua

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

perpetua

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

Galician

Adjective

perpetua

  1. feminine singular of perpetuo

Ido

Etymology

Latin perpetuus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

perpetua

  1. perpetual

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /perˈpɛ.tu.a/, /perˈpɛ.twa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtua, -ɛtwa
  • Hyphenation: per‧pè‧tu‧a, per‧pè‧tua

Etymology 1

Named after Perpetua, Don Abbondio's gossipy servant from Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed.

Noun

perpetua f (plural perpetue)

  1. a priest's housekeeper
    Hypernyms: domestica, donna di servizio, governante
  2. (by extension, humorous) an aged talkative housekeeper

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

perpetua

  1. feminine singular of perpetuo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

perpetua

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

Latin

Adjective

perpetua

  1. inflection of perpetuus:
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

References

  • perpetua”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -uɐ
  • Hyphenation: per‧pe‧tu‧a

Adjective

perpetua

  1. feminine singular of perpetuo

Verb

perpetua

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French perpétuer, from Latin perpetuare.

Verb

a perpetua (third-person singular present perpetuează, past participle perpetuat) 1st conj.

  1. to perpetuate

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾˈpetwa/
  • Rhymes: -etwa
  • Syllabification: per‧pe‧tua

Noun

perpetua f (plural perpetuas)

  1. globe amaranth
  2. helichrysum

Adjective

perpetua

  1. feminine singular of perpetuo

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