femmena

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēmina.

Pronunciation
  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈfemmənə]
  • Hyphenation: fém‧me‧na

Noun

femmena f (plural femmene)

  1. woman
    Antonyms: (in regard to gender) ommo m, (in regard to age) guagliona f
  2. wife
    Synonym: mugliera f
    Antonym: marito m

Derived terms

References
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1078: “il maschio e la femmina” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “femmena”, in Schedario Napoletano
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