mulher

Galician

Noun

mulher f (plural mulheres)

1. Alternative form of muller

Further reading

mulher - Dicionário Estraviz

Portuguese

Uma mulher

Alternative forms

• muié (eye dialect)
• mulé (eye dialect)
• molher (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese muller, moller (hence also Galician muller), from Latin mulierem (“woman; wife”), of uncertain origin. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (milk; to milk). Cognate with Spanish mujer, Catalan muller, Italian moglie, and Romanian muiere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈʎɛʁ/ [muˈʎɛh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈʎɛʁ/ [muˈʎɛh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /muˈʎɛɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /muˈʎɛʁ/ [muˈʎɛχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈʎɛɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈʎɛɾ/

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈjɛɹ/
• Hyphenation: mu‧lher

Noun

mulher f (plural mulheres)

2. woman (adult female human)

   Aquela mulher lê livros.

   That woman reads books.

   A mulher tem o direito de votar.

   Women have the right to vote.

   (literally, “The woman (as such) has the right to vote.”)

   Synonyms: dona, senhora

4. (with possessive pronoun, the preposition de, or in the vocative) wife (married woman)

   Minha mulher não está aqui.

   My wife isn’t here.

   A mulher do João não está aqui.

   John’s wife isn’t here.

   Mulher, vem cá.

   Come here, my wife.

   Synonym: esposa

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mulher.

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: mudjér

Adjective

mulher m or f (plural mulheres)

1. (derogatory, of a man) pansy; wimpy; effeminate

Derived terms

• mulheraça
• mulherão (augmentative), mulherona (augmentative), mulherzona (augmentative)
• mulherzinha (diminutive), mulherinha (diminutive), mulherita (diminutive), mulherzita (diminutive)
• mulher da vida

Related terms

• mulherada
• mulherengo
• mulheril
• mulherio
• mulhermente