femella

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin fēmella (“girl, young woman”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈme.ʎə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [feˈme.ʎa] === Noun === femella f (plural femelles) female Antonym: mascle nut (type of fastener) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “femella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “femella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “femella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “femella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Latin == === Etymology === From fēmina f (“woman”) +‎ -la (feminine diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [feːˈmɛl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [feˈmɛl.la] === Noun === fēmella f (genitive fēmellae); first declension (diminutive of fēmina) girl, young woman ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== puella f ==== Derived terms ==== fēmellārius m ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: femella Franco-Provençal: femèla Old French: femeleMiddle French: femelleFrench: femelle→ Romanian: femelă f→ Middle English: femele, femaille, femal, female, femawle, femayll, femel, femelle, femmale, ffemaleEnglish: femaleScots: female Norman: feunmelle Occitan: Languedocien: femèla Limousin: femela Gascon: hémia Piedmontese: fumela Romanian: femelă === References === “femella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “femella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "femella", 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) “femella”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. femella in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016