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nora.

daughter-in-law

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. daughter-in-law

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora (“daughter-in-law”), from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

noun/ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. noria (waterwheel with buckets, used to raise water)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”). Cognate with Spanish noria.

noun/ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈnɔ.ɾɐ/Portugal
  1. female equivalent of genro

    feminine · form-of
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