freira

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese freira. By surface analysis, freire +‎ -a. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ, (j-dropping) -eɾɐ Hyphenation: frei‧ra === Noun === freira f (plural freiras) female equivalent of freire: nun (woman who professed a religious order) Atlantic pomfret Synonyms: plumbeta, xaputa Pterodroma (Brazil) Phallus indusiatus (Brazil) Sula leucogaster (regional) a crack in the cork ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “freira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “freira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “freira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026