Féminin

comadreja

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (feminine) weasel (a mammal of the genus Mustela)
  2. (feminine) marten
  3. (Paraguay, Rioplatense, feminine) opossum, possum (especially the white-eared opossum Didelphis Albiventris)

Concepts

belette pygmée

belette d'Europe

petite belette

Synonymes

muca

zorro cola pelada

zorro pelón

tacuacín

gato del árbol

viverrid

armiňo

zorra mochilera

comadreja común

mostel

mustela

whittret

civet de la palma

Fréquence

C2
Coupé comme
co‧ma‧dre‧ja
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/komaˈdɾexa/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From comadre (“midwife; godmother”) + -eja (diminutive suffix), said to be after its sinuous and nimble (and therefore “feminine”) figure. Compare equivalents in other Romance languages (Italian donnola, Portuguese doninha, Galician doniña, Romanian nevăstuică) but not only (Greek νυφίτσα (nyfítsa), Danish brud, Arabic اِبْن عِرْس (ibn ʕirs)).

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