almeja

Borrowed from French almée.^[1] First attested in the mid 19th c..^[1]

• IPA^(key): /alˈmɛ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Syllabification: al‧me‧ja

almeja f

1. almah (Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment)

   Hypernym: tancerka

• almeja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “almeja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 26

almeja

1. inflection of almejar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Probably from Arabic الْمَحَار (al-maḥār). Compare Portuguese amêijoa.

• IPA^(key): /alˈmexa/ [alˈme.xa]

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• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: al‧me‧ja

almeja f (plural almejas)

1. clam, cockle
2. (vulgar, slang) cunt

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

• “almeja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024