fera

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

fera f (plural feres)

1. wild animal, beast

Adjective

fera

1. feminine singular of fer (“wild, untamed”)

Further reading

• “fera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈfera]
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: fer‧a

Adjective

fera (accusative singular feran, plural feraj, accusative plural ferajn)

1. iron (attributive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fə.ʁa/, /fʁa/

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Verb

fera

1. third-person singular future of faire

   Demain il fera beau.

   Tomorrow it will be lovely. (the weather)

Romanization

fēra

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌰

Romanization

fera

1. Rōmaji transcription of フェラ

Etymology

Nominalization of the feminine forms of ferus. For the gender, perhaps compare the semantically similar bēstia f, bēlua f, and pecus f.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ra/, [ˈfɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ra/, [ˈfɛːrä]

Noun

fera f (genitive ferae); first declension

1. wild animal, beast

References

• “fera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to civilise men, a nation: homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)
    

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferire, from Latin ferire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛː.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛːra

Verb

fera (imperfect jferi, past participle ferit)

1. to injure, wound

   Synonyms: darab, ġeraħ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfera/

Noun

fera f

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Etymology

From Latin fera, from ferus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: fe‧ra

Noun

fera f (plural feras)

1. beast (non-human animal)

   Synonyms: besta, bicho, criatura

2. (Brazil, figurative) beast (violent person)

Noun

fera m or f (plural feras)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) skillful person
2. (Pernambuco, colloquial) freshman

   Synonyms: caloiro, bicho

Adjective

fera m or f (plural feras)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) skillful

Adjective

fera

1. feminine singular of fero

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fera.

See also

• feroz
• feral

Further reading

• “fera”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fera”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “fera”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “fera”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “fera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Verb

fera

1. to split
2. to crack, to burst open