germana

Catalan

Etymology

Derived from Latin germanus (brother).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒərˈma.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒeɾˈma.na]
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Noun

germana f (plural germanes)

  1. sister

Esperanto

Germana flago

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡerˈmana]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: ger‧ma‧na

Adjective

germana (accusative singular germanan, plural germanaj, accusative plural germanajn)

  1. German (of or pertaining to Germany, the German people, or the German language)
    Hypernym: eŭropa
  2. (la germana) Clipping of la germana lingvo (the German language).

Derived terms

  • germana lingvo (German language)
  • germanlingvano, germanparolanto (a German speaker)
  • germanparola, germanparolanta (German-speaking)

See also

Italian

Adjective

germana f sg

  1. feminine singular of germano

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

germāna

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

Adjective

germānā

  1. feminine ablative singular of germānus

Noun

germāna f (genitive germānae, masculine germānus); first declension

  1. sister
    Synonym: soror
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.675:
      “Hoc illud, germāna, fuit?”
      “Was this, my sister, that [result which you wanted]?”
      (Anna speaks to Dido, who is near death from a self-inflicted wound.)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative germāna germānae
Genitive germānae germānārum
Dative germānae germānīs
Accusative germānam germānās
Ablative germānā germānīs
Vocative germāna germānae

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nɐ/ [ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒeɾˈmɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒeɻˈmɐ.na/
 

  • Hyphenation: ger‧ma‧na

Adjective

germana

  1. feminine singular of germano

Noun

germana f (plural germanas)

  1. female equivalent of germano

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xeɾˈmana/ [xeɾˈma.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: ger‧ma‧na

Noun

germana f (plural germanas)

  1. female equivalent of germano

Adjective

germana

  1. feminine singular of germano
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