vermena

Italian

Etymology

From Latin verbēna, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-, from *werb- (“to turn, bend”). Compare also the doublet verbena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /verˈmɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: ver‧mè‧na

Noun

vermena f (plural vermene)

  1. (uncommon, literary) young branch
  2. (by extension) descent, lineage
  3. (botany) vervain, verbena

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Romance *verminem m, from Latin vermis.

Noun

vermena f (oblique plural vermenas, nominative singular vermena, nominative plural vermenas)

  1. vermin

References

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