férula

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin ferula. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fé‧ru‧la === Noun === férula f (plural férulas) ferule Synonyms: palmatória, santa-luzia (Catholicism) High staff topped with a cross; ferula (figurative) strictness, severity, harshness Synonym: severidade (botany) giant fennel (Ferula communis) === Further reading === “férula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “férula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “férula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin ferula. Compare obsolete English ferula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeɾula/ [ˈfe.ɾu.la] Rhymes: -eɾula Syllabification: fé‧ru‧la === Noun === férula f (plural férulas) (medicine) splint (figurative) oppression Synonyms: sujeción, mando, sometimiento (botany) giant fennel (Ferula communis) Synonym: cañaheja (obsolete) ferule === Further reading === “férula”, 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