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fera

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See also: Fera, FERA, ferã, fêra, and -fera

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fera.

Pronunciation

Noun

fera f (plural feres)

  1. wild animal, beast

Adjective

fera

  1. feminine singular of fer (“wild, untamed”)

Further reading

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Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kúɪda (“applicative of *-kúa (“to die”)”). By surface analysis, -fa (“to die”) +‎ -era (“applicative suffix for monosyllabic stems”).

Pronunciation

Verb

-fera (infinitive kuféra)

  1. Applicative form of -fa
    1. to die for someone
  2. to die
  3. to break down (cars)

Derived terms

  • kadzifere (“a daring person who's not afraid to die”)

References

  • Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press
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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

fera (accusative singular feran, plural feraj, accusative plural ferajn)

  1. iron (attributive)

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fera

  1. third-person singular future of faire
    Demain, il fera beau.
    Tomorrow, it will be lovely. (the weather)

Gothic

Romanization

fēra

  1. romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌰

Japanese

Romanization

fera

  1. Rōmaji transcription of フェラ

Latin

Etymology

For the gender, perhaps compare the semantically similar bēstia f, bēlua f, and pecus f.

Pronunciation 1

Adjective

fera

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

Noun

fera f (genitive ferae); first declension

  1. wild animal; beast
Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...
Descendants
  • Catalan: fera
  • Italian: fiera
  • Portuguese: fera
  • Romanian: fiară
  • Spanish: fiera

Pronunciation 2

Adjective

ferā

  1. ablative feminine singular of ferus

References

  • “fera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "fera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “fera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferire, from Latin ferire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛː.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

fera (imperfect jferi, past participle ferit)

  1. to injure, wound
    Synonyms: darab, ġeraħ

Conjugation

More information positive forms, singular ...
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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōrijō, from *fōrijan +‎ *-ō.

Noun

fera m

  1. companion, associate

Declension

Weak:

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

fera f

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Latin fera, from ferus.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ra

Noun

fera f (plural feras)

  1. beast (non-human animal)
    Synonyms: besta, bicho, criatura
  2. (Brazil, figurative) beast (violent person)

Derived terms

  • atirar às feras
  • besta-fera
  • ferinha
  • ficar uma fera

Noun

fera m or f (plural feras)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) skillful person
  2. (Pernambuco, colloquial) freshman
    Synonyms: caloiro, bicho

Adjective

fera m or f (plural feras)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) skillful

Adjective

fera

  1. feminine singular of fero

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fera.

See also

Further reading

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Late Latin feria (“festival, holiday”), from Latin feriae, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”). Cognate with Galician feira, Portuguese feira ~ féria, Spanish feria, French foire, Italian fiera and English fair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ɾa/, [ˈfɛ.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɾa
  • Hyphenation: fè‧ra

Noun

fera f (plural feri)

  1. market
    Synonym: mircatu
  2. fair
    Synonym: sacra

Derived terms

See also

Silesian

Silesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from German Fähre. Displaced Old Polish prom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: fe‧ra

Noun

fera f

  1. ferry (boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another)
    Synonym: flōs

Further reading

Tetum

Verb

fera

  1. to split
  2. to crack, to burst open

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