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mulher

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Galician

Noun

mulher f (plural mulheres, reintegrationist norm)

reintegrationist spelling of muller

Further reading

“mulher” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

mulher sense 1

Alternative forms

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈʎɛɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈʎɛ.ɾi/

(Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈjɛɹ/
Audio (Northern Portugal): (file)
Hyphenation: mu‧lher

Noun

mulher f (plural mulheres)

woman (adult female human)
Synonyms: dona, senhora

Aquela mulher lê livros.
That woman reads books.

A mulher tem o direito a votar.
Women have voting rights.
(literally, “The woman [as such] has the right to vote.”)
wife; woman (sense 4)
Synonym: esposa

Minha mulher não está aqui.
My wife isn’t here.

A mulher do João está ali.
John’s wife is over there.

Depois de saber disso, eu disse à minha esposa, "Vem cá, mulher."
After knowing of that, I said to my wife, "Come here, woman."

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mulher.

Derived terms

Descendants

Kabuverdianu: mudjér
→ Aukan: muyee
→ Indonesian: moler
→ Saramaccan: mujë́ë

Adjective

mulher m or f (plural mulheres)

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

Derived terms

mulhermente

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