berma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French berme, from Dutch berm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛr.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbeɾ.ma]

Noun

berma f (plural bermes)

1. berm

Further reading

• “berma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “berma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “berma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Malay

Alternative forms

• biram / بيرم

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bə(r)mə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bə(r)ma/
• Rhymes: -ə(r)mə, -mə, -ə

Adjective

berma (Jawi spelling برما)

1. red (having red as its colour)

Noun

berma (Jawi spelling برما, plural berma-berma, informal 1st possessive bermaku, 2nd possessive bermamu, 3rd possessive bermanya)

1. red (colour)

Synonyms

• merah / mirah / ميره

Further reading

• “berma” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French berme, from Dutch berm.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.mɐ/ [ˈbeɦ.mɐ], /ˈbɛʁ.mɐ/ [ˈbɛɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.mɐ/ [ˈbeɦ.mɐ], /ˈbɛʁ.mɐ/ [ˈbɛɦ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.mɐ/, /ˈbɛɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʁ.mɐ/, /ˈbɛʁ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɻ.ma/, /ˈbɛɻ.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾ.mɐ/, /ˈbɛɾ.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: ber‧ma

Noun

berma f (plural bermas)

1. (Portugal) shoulder (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)

   Synonym: (Brazil) acostamento

2. berm (raised path)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French berme, from Dutch berm.

Noun

berma f (plural bermas)

1. a berm

Further reading

• “berma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16