germana

See also: Germana, germană, ģermāņa, and ĝermana

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin germāna (“sister”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ʒərˈma.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒeɾˈma.na]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ʒerˈma.na]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

germana f (plural germanes)

1. sister

Related terms

• germà

Esperanto

Germana flago

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡerˈmana/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ger‧ma‧na

Adjective

germana (accusative singular germanan, plural germanaj, accusative plural germanajn)

1. German (of or pertaining to Germany, the German people, or the German language)

   Hypernym: eŭropa

2. (la germana) ellipsis of la germana lingvo (“the German language”)

Derived terms

• germana lingvo (“German language”)
• germanlingvano, germanparolanto (“a German speaker”)
• germanparola, germanparolanta (“German-speaking”)

Related terms

• germane (“in German”)
• Germanio (“Germany”)
• germano (“a German”)

See also

• ĝermana (“Teutonic”)

Italian

Adjective

germana f sg

1. feminine singular of germano

Anagrams

• magnare, magnerà, manager, mangerà

Latin

Pronunciation

• germāna:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛrˈmaː.na]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒerˈmaː.na]
• germānā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛrˈmaː.naː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒerˈmaː.na]

Adjective

germāna

1. inflection of germānus:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Adjective

germānā

1. feminine ablative singular of germānus

Noun

germāna f (genitive germānae, masculine germānus); first declension

1. sister

   Synonym: soror

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.675:

     “Hoc illud, germāna, fuit?”

     “Was this, my sister, that [result which you wanted]?”
     (Anna speaks to Dido, who is near death from a self-inflicted wound.)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	germāna	germānae
genitive	germānae	germānārum
dative	germānae	germānīs
accusative	germānam	germānās
ablative	germānā	germānīs
vocative	germāna	germānae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: germana
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: germana
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: hermana
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: irmãa, yrmãa
    • Portuguese: irmã
  • Old Spanish: ermana
    • Ladino: ermana
    • Spanish: hermana

References

• “germana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nɐ/ [ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nɐ/ [ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒeɾˈmɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʒeɻˈmɐ̃.nɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨɾˈmɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨɾˈmɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨɾˈma.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: ger‧ma‧na

Adjective

germana

1. feminine singular of germano

Noun

germana f (plural germanas)

1. female equivalent of germano

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeɾˈmana/ [xeɾˈma.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ger‧ma‧na

Noun

germana f (plural germanas)

1. female equivalent of germano

Adjective

germana

1. feminine singular of germano