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abdomen

See also: Abdomen, abdómen, and abdômen

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EnglishEdit

See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on:
 
Diagram showing the abdomen of an insect.

EtymologyEdit

First attested in 1541.[1] Borrowed from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdomen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + dere (“to put, place”).[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

abdomen (plural abdomens or abdomina)

  1. (obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.][2]
  2. (anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions. [from early 17th c.][2]
    Synonyms: belly, tummy, stomach (informal); see also Thesaurus:belly
  3. (anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity. [from early 17th c.][2]
    He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.
  4. (zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda. [from late 18th c.][2]

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TranslationsEdit

the posterior section of an arthropod's body

ReferencesEdit

  • abdomen at OneLook Dictionary Search
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “abdomen” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 3.

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin abdōmen.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

abdomen m (plural abdòmens)

  1. abdomen

Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin abdōmen.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

abdomen m (plural abdomens)

  1. abdomen

Further readingEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Of unclear origin; often suggested to be from abdō (“to hide, conceal”) +‎ -men, though de Vaan doesn't find this convincing.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

abdōmen n (genitive abdōminis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) belly, abdomen
  2. (by extension of meaning) gluttony
  3. accusative singular of abdōmen
  4. vocative singular of abdōmen

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abdōmen abdōmina
Genitive abdōminis abdōminum
Dative abdōminī abdōminibus
Accusative abdōmen abdōmina
Ablative abdōmine abdōminibus
Vocative abdōmen abdōmina

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin abdōmen.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

abdomen (Jawi spelling ابدومن‎, plural abdomen-abdomen, informal first-person possessive abdomenku, second-person possessive abdomenmu, third-person possessive abdomennya)

  1. Abdomen (belly)

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French abdomen, Latin abdomen.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

abdomen n (plural abdomene)

  1. (anatomy) abdomen, belly
    Synonyms: burtă, pântece, vintre

DeclensionEdit

declension of abdomen
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) abdomen abdomenul (niște) abdomene abdomenele
genitive/dative (unui) abdomen abdomenului (unor) abdomene abdomenelor
vocative abdomenule abdomenelor

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See alsoEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin abdōmen.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /abdǒːmen/
  • Hyphenation: ab‧do‧men

NounEdit

abdómen m (Cyrillic spelling абдо́мен)

  1. abdomen

DeclensionEdit

Declension of abdomen
singular plural
nominative abdomen abdomeni
genitive abdomena abdomena
dative abdomenu abdomenima
accusative abdomen abdomene
vocative abdomene abdomeni
locative abdomenu abdomenima
instrumental abdomenom abdomenima

SynonymsEdit

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin abdōmen.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /abˈdomen/, [aβˈðomẽn]

NounEdit

abdomen m (plural abdómenes)

  1. abdomen
    Synonym: vientre

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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