almeja

== Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French almée, ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”). First attested in the mid 19th c.. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈmɛ.ja/ Rhymes: -ɛja Syllabification: al‧me‧ja === Noun === almeja f almah (Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment) Hypernym: tancerka ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === almeja in Polish dictionaries at PWN J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “almeja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 26 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧me‧ja === Verb === almeja inflection of almejar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Etymology === Probably from Arabic الْمَحَار (al-maḥār). Compare Portuguese amêijoa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈmexa/ [alˈme.xa] Rhymes: -exa Syllabification: al‧me‧ja === Noun === almeja f (plural almejas) clam, cockle (vulgar, slang) cunt Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “almeja”, 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