freira
See also: freirá
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese freira. By surface analysis, freire + -a.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
freira f (plural freiras)
- female equivalent of freire: nun (woman who professed a religious order)
- (ichthyology) Brama brama
- (Brazil, botany) Phallus indusiatus
- (ornithology) Pterodroma
- (Brazil, ornithology) Sula leucogaster
- (regional) a crack in the cork
Further reading edit
- “freira” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “freira” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.