almeja

See also: almeją

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French almée, ultimately from Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “singer”). First attested in the mid 19th c..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmɛ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛja
• Syllabification: al‧me‧ja

Noun

almeja f

1. almah (Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment)

   Hypernym: tancerka

Declension

Declension of almeja

	singular	plural
nominative	almeja	almeje
genitive	almei	almei/almej
dative	almei	almejom
accusative	almeję	almeje
instrumental	almeją	almejami
locative	almei	almejach
vocative	almejo	almeje

Further reading

• almeja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “almeja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 26

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈme.ʒɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈme.ʒɐ], /awˈmɛ.ʒɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈmɛ.ʒɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈme.ʒɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈme.ʒɐ], /awˈmɛ.ʒɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈmɛ.ʒɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈme.ʒa/ [aʊ̯ˈme.ʒa], /awˈmɛ.ʒa/ [aʊ̯ˈmɛ.ʒa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈmɐ(j).ʒɐ/ [aɫˈmɐ(j).ʒɐ], /alˈmɛ.ʒɐ/ [aɫˈmɛ.ʒɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈmɐ(j).ʒɐ/ [aɫˈmɐ(j).ʒɐ], /alˈmɛ.ʒɐ/ [aɫˈmɛ.ʒɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈme.ʒɐ/ [aɫˈme.ʒɐ], /alˈmɛ.ʒɐ/ [aɫˈmɛ.ʒɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈme.ʒɐ/ [aɫˈme.ʒɐ], /alˈmɛ.ʒɐ/ [aɫˈmɛ.ʒɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈme.ʒɐ/ [aɫˈme.ʒɐ], /alˈmɛ.ʒɐ/ [aɫˈmɛ.ʒɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧me‧ja

Verb

almeja

1. inflection of almejar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

almejas

Etymology

Probably from Arabic الْمَحَار (al-maḥār). Compare Portuguese amêijoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmexa/ [alˈme.xa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: al‧me‧ja

Noun

almeja f (plural almejas)

1. clam, cockle
2. (vulgar, slang) cunt

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

• almeja asiática
• almeja de río

Further reading

• “almeja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025