Feminine
Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
hem‧bra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈembɾa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish femna, fembra, from Latin fēmina (“female”), from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (“(f.) one who is sucked; one who suckles”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Doublet of fémina.

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