irmán

From Old Galician-Portuguese irmão and its variants, from Vulgar Latin germānus (“brother”), from Latin germānus (“of siblings”). Cognate to Portuguese irmão and Spanish hermano.

• ermao, irmao
• irmam, irmão (reintegrationist)

• IPA^(key): /iɾˈmaŋ/ [iɾˈmɑ̃ŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ir‧mán

irmán m (plural irmáns, feminine irmá, feminine plural irmás)

1. brother

• irmá
• irmandade

• IPA^(key): /iɾˈmaŋ/ [iɾˈmɑ̃ŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: ir‧mán

irmán f (plural irmáns, masculine irmao, masculine plural irmaos)

1. (regional) sister

   Synonym: (standard) irmá

• “irmán”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “irmán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “irmán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “irmán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN