ameia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧mei‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#AMEIACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#AMEIA minās (“battlements”).[1]

Noun

ameia f (plural ameias)Category:Portuguese lemmas#AMEIACategory:Portuguese nouns#AMEIACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#AMEIACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AMEIACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#AMEIACategory:Pages with entries#AMEIACategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMEIA

  1. battlement (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)
  2. crenel (space between merlons)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. There are two unrelated meanings, "to embattle" and "to halve".

Verb

ameiaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#AMEIACategory:Portuguese verb forms#AMEIACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AMEIACategory:Pages with entries#AMEIACategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMEIA

  1. inflection of amear:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ↑ “ameia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Further reading

Romansh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Romansh terms inherited from Latin#AMEIACategory:Romansh terms derived from Latin#AMEIA amīca.

Noun

ameia fCategory:Romansh lemmas#AMEIACategory:Romansh nouns#AMEIACategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#AMEIACategory:Romansh feminine nouns#AMEIACategory:Pages with entries#AMEIACategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMEIA (plural ameias)

  1. (SurmiranCategory:Surmiran Romansh#AMEIA) (female) friend, girlfriend

Coordinate terms

Category:Pages with 2 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words Category:Portuguese countable nouns Category:Portuguese feminine nouns Category:Portuguese lemmas Category:Portuguese non-lemma forms Category:Portuguese nouns Category:Portuguese terms derived from Latin Category:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Portuguese verb forms Category:Romansh feminine nouns Category:Romansh lemmas Category:Romansh nouns Category:Romansh terms derived from Latin Category:Romansh terms inherited from Latin Category:Surmiran Romansh