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feto
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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
feto (accusative singular feton, plural fetoj, accusative plural fetojn)
- fetus
- 1993, Donald Broadribb, transl., La Respubliko, Matraville: Libroservo de la Aŭstralia Esperanto-Asocio, translation of πολιτεια by Plato, published 2000, →ISBN:
- Personoj pliaĝaj rajtas koiti laŭvole, sed se koncipiĝos rezultas, ili devas abortigi la feton aŭ ĝin mortigi post la nasko.
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Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from Esperanto feto, Latin feto, Italian feto, Portuguese feto, English fetus.
Pronunciation
Noun
feto (plural feti)
Derived terms
- fetala (“fetal”)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
feto m (plural feti)
Derived terms
See also
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeː.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.to]
Verb
fētō (present infinitive fētāre, perfect active fētāvī, supine fētātum); first conjugation
- (passive voice) to bring forth, breed
- (active voice) to impregnate; to make fruitful
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- “feto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “feto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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North Moluccan Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
feto
- alternative form of bafeto
Derived terms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛtu
- Hyphenation: fe‧to
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin fētus (“offspring”).
Noun
feto m (plural fetos)
- (embryology) fetus (human embryo after the eighth week of gestation)
- (biology) fetus (unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From earlier fento, from Old Galician-Portuguese *feeyto, from Latin filictum (“place abounding in ferns”), from filix, filicem (“fern”).
Cognate with Galician fento, fieito and Spanish helecho.
Noun
feto m (plural fetos)
- (Portugal) fern (any of a group of plants in the division Pteridophyta)
- Synonym: (Brazil) samambaia
Derived terms
- feto-arborescente
- feto-fêmeo
- feto-macho
- fetusca
Related terms
- fetal
- filícico
- filicina
Further reading
- “feto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “feto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fētus.
Pronunciation
Noun
feto m (plural fetos)
- fetus
- (derogatory, slang, Spain) a hideous person
Further reading
- “feto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
feto
- (transitive) to complain about
Conjugation
Descendants
- ⇒ North Moluccan Malay: bafeto
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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Tetum
Etymology
Compare feton.
Noun
feto
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