femmena

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fēmina.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfemmənə]
• Hyphenation: fém‧me‧na

Noun

femmena f (plural femmene)

1. woman

   Antonyms: (in regard to gender) ommo m, (in regard to age) guagliona f

2. wife

   Synonym: mugliera f

   Antonym: marito m

Derived terms

• femmeniello
• femmenile

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1078: “il maschio e la femmina” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “femmena”, in Schedario Napoletano