ferine
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editferine (comparative more ferine, superlative most ferine)
- (now rare) Pertaining to wild, menacing animals; feral.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 162:
- the season of rutting (an uncouth phrase, by which the vulgar denote that gentle dalliance, which in the well-wooded forest of Hampshire, passes between lovers of the ferine kind) […]
- (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Translations
editNoun
editferine (plural ferines)
- (zoology, obsolete) A member of the proposed taxon of bats, carnivorans, and insectivorans.
Anagrams
editItalian
editAdjective
editferine
Latin
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /feˈriː.neː/, [fɛˈriːneː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈri.ne/, [feˈriːne]
Adverb
editferīnē (comparative ferīnius, superlative ferīnissimē)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /feˈriː.ne/, [fɛˈriːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈri.ne/, [feˈriːne]
Adjective
editferīne
Umbrian
editNoun
editferine f (late Iguvine) (locative singular + -en?)
- See 𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄 (ferine, “tray”).
Romanization
editferine
- Romanization of 𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄
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