femna

Occitan

Alternative forms

(Gascon) hemna, frema

Etymology

From Old Occitan femna, from Latin fēmina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfennɒ]
Audio (Languedocien) (file)

Noun

femna f (plural femnas) (Languedoc, Limousin)

woman
wife

Derived terms

femna daurada, lèu consolada

Further reading

Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 318.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

fembra

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēmina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhemna/

Noun

femna m (plural femnas)

female
- c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 36v
  (...) metras en el archa por uenir contigo maslo e femna (...)
  You shall put in the ark for coming with you male and female (...)

Descendants

Spanish: hembra

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “gorgojo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 175

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