berma
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French berme, from Dutch berm.
Pronunciation
Noun
berma f (plural bermes)
Further reading
- “berma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “berma”, 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
- “berma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Malay
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /bə(r)mə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /bə(r)ma/
- Rhymes: -ə(r)mə, -mə, -ə
Adjective
berma (Jawi spelling برما)
- red (having red as its colour)
Noun
berma (Jawi spelling برما, plural berma-berma)
Further reading
- “berma” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French berme,[1][2] from Dutch berm.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbeʁ.mɐ/ [ˈbeɦ.mɐ], /ˈbɛʁ.mɐ/ [ˈbɛɦ.mɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈbeɾ.mɐ/, /ˈbɛɾ.mɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbeʁ.mɐ/, /ˈbɛʁ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbeɻ.ma/, /ˈbɛɻ.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbeɾ.mɐ/, /ˈbɛɾ.mɐ/
- Hyphenation: ber‧ma
Noun
berma f (plural bermas)
- (Portugal) shoulder (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)
- Synonym: (Brazil) acostamento
- berm (raised path)
References
- ^ “berma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “berma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French berme, from Dutch berm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɾma/ [ˈbeɾ.ma]
- Rhymes: -eɾma
- Syllabification: ber‧ma
Noun
berma f (plural bermas)
Further reading
- “berma”, 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
- “berma”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010