cervix

EnglishEdit

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cervix

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below.

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪks/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪks/

NounEdit

cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)

(anatomy) The neck
The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

neck — see neck

neck-like part — see neck

lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina

Arabic: عُنُق اَلرَّحِم‎ (ar) m (ʿunuq ar-raḥim)
Egyptian Arabic: عنق الرحم‎ m (ʿunuq er-raḥem)
Armenian: արգանդի վզիկ (argandi vzik)
Bulgarian: шийка на матката f (šijka na matkata)
Burmese: သားအိမ်ခေါင်း (sa:imhkaung:)
Catalan: cèrvix (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 子宮頸 (zh), 子宫颈 (zh) (zǐgōngjǐng)
Czech: děložní čípek (cs) m
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: baarmoederhals (nl) f, cervix (nl) m
Faroese: lívmóðurhálsur m
Finnish: kohdunkaula (fi)
French: col de l'utérus (fr) m
German: Cervix uteri f, Cervix f, Zervix f, Gebärmutterhals (de) m
Greek: τράχηλος (el) m (tráchilos)
Hindi: ग्रीवा (hi) f (grīvā)
Hungarian: méhnyak (hu)
Ido: cervixo

Irish: ceirbheacs m
Italian: cervice (it) f, collo dell'utero m
Japanese: 子宮頸部 (しきゅうけいぶ, shikyū keibu)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: dzemdes kakls m
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Maori: waha kōpū
Marathi: योनिमार्ग m (yonimārga), ग्रीवा (mr) f (grīvā)
Mongolian: умайн хүзүү (umajn hüzüü)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: livmorhals m

Nynorsk: livmorhals m
Polish: szyjka macicy (pl) f
Portuguese: cérvice f, cérvix (pt) f
Russian: ше́йка ма́тки (ru) f (šéjka mátki)
Slovene: maternični vrat m
Spanish: cérvix m
Swedish: livmoderhals (sv) c
Tagalog: liig-liigan
Turkish: serviks (tr)
Welsh: mwnwgl y groth m, serfics m

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin cervīx, see below.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɪks/
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Hyphenation: cer‧vix

NounEdit

cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)

neck
The cervix between the uterus and the vagina.

SynonymsEdit

(neck): nek, hals
(uterus portion): baarmoederhals

Derived termsEdit

cervicaal

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”) (cf. cerebrum) and *weyk- (“to become equal, to exchange”) (cf. vinciō), i.e. "where the head turns".

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.wiːks/, [ˈkɛr.wiːks̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.viks/, [ˈt͡ʃɛr.viks]

NounEdit

cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension

(anatomy) The neck of a person or animal.
(by extension) The neck of an object (e.g. bottle).
(figuratively) Boldness, headstrong behavior.

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cervīx	cervīcēs
Genitive	cervīcis	cervīcum
Dative	cervīcī	cervīcibus
Accusative	cervīcem	cervīcēs
Ablative	cervīce	cervīcibus
Vocative	cervīx	cervīcēs

SynonymsEdit

(neck): collum

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

→ Catalan: cèrvix
→ Dutch: cervix
→ English: cervix
Italian: cervice
Old Catalan: serviu

Old Occitan: cervitz
Portuguese: cerviz; → cérvice, cérvix
Romanian: cerbice; → cervix
Spanish: cerviz; → cérvix

ReferencesEdit

cervix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cervix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
cervix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
cervix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius
- a sword hangs over his neck: gladius cervicibus impendet
- the foe is at our heels, is upon us: hostis in cervicibus alicuius est
- to shake off the yoke of slavery: iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)