fêmur

See also: femur, Femur, fémur, and fèmur

Portuguese

fêmur

Alternative forms

• fémur (Portugal)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin femur (“thigh”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfẽ.muʁ/ [ˈfẽ.muh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfẽ.muʁ/ [ˈfẽ.muh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfẽ.muɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfẽ.muʁ/ [ˈfẽ.muχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.muɻ/

• Hyphenation: fê‧mur

Noun

fêmur m (plural fêmures) (Brazilian spelling)

1. (anatomy) femur; thighbone

Hypernyms

• osso

Related terms

• femoral