ferine

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪəɹaɪn/ === Adjective === ferine (comparative more ferine, superlative most ferine) (now rare) Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral. (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ferine (plural ferines) (zoology, obsolete) A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans. === Anagrams === Feiner, enfire, fineer, refine == Italian == === Adjective === ferine feminine plural of ferino == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From ferīnus +‎ -ē. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɛˈriː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [feˈriː.ne] ==== Adverb ==== ferīnē (comparative ferīnius, superlative ferīnissimē) brutishly === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɛˈriː.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [feˈriː.ne] ==== Adjective ==== ferīne vocative masculine singular of ferīnus == Umbrian == === Noun === ferine f (late Iguvine) (locative singular + -en?) See 𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄 (ferine, “tray”). === Romanization === ferine romanization of 𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄