mulher
Meaning
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- (feminine) woman (adult female human)
- (feminine) wife (married woman)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mu‧lher
Pronounced as (IPA)
/muˈʎɛʁ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese muller, moller (hence also Galician muller), from Latin mulierem (“woman; wife”), of uncertain origin. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (milk; to milk). Cognate with Spanish mujer, Catalan muller, Italian moglie, and Romanian muiere.
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