freira
See also: freirá
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese freira. By surface analysis, freire + -a.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈfɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾe(j).ɾa/ [ˈfɾe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɐj.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾej.ɾɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾej.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾe.ɾɐ/
- 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
- Pterodroma
- (Brazil) Phallus indusiatus
- (Brazil) Sula leucogaster
- (regional) a crack in the cork
Derived terms
- barriga-de-freira
- freira secular
- freira-de-penas-lisas
- freira-pintalgada
- freira-suave
- frerinha
- umbigo-de-freira
Further reading
- “freira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “freira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025