Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) meat
  2. (feminine, obsolete) food
  3. (feminine) an object of sexual desire; a piece of meat

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vjɑ̃d/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French viande, from Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, alteration of Latin vīvenda, from the neuter plural form of vīvendus, from vīvere (“to live”). Compare English viand, Italian vivanda, Portuguese vivenda, Spanish vivienda.

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