fermosura

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fremosura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from fermoso +‎ -ura. Cognate with Portuguese formosura and Spanish hermosura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feɾmoˈsuɾɐ]

Noun

fermosura f (plural fermosuras)

1. beauty

   Synonym: beleza

   A fermosura moitas faltas disimula (proverb) ― Beauty conceals many faults

Related terms

• fermoso

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fremosura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fremosura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “fermosura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fermosura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 9 November 2017

Alternative forms

• fremosura

Etymology

From fermoso (“beautiful”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heɾmoˈzuɾa/

Noun

fermosura f (usually uncountable)

1. beauty
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 118v:

     Et ſobre eſta fregan el oro. ⁊ la plata. ⁊ el eſtanno. ⁊ el plomo. ⁊ el cobre. ⁊ pareſce ſu color. ⁊ ſu fermoſura. ⁊ ſu bondat.

     And on it they wash gold, and silver, and tin, and lead, and copper, and it makes apparent their color, and beauty, and goodness.

Descendants

• Ladino: ermozura
• Spanish: hermosura

Spanish

Noun

fermosura f (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of hermosura.

Further reading

• “fermosura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014