etmoide

See also: etmóide

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).

Noun

etmoide m (plural etmoides)

1. (anatomy) the ethmoid bone

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “a strainer, colander, sieve”), from ἤθειν (ḗthein, “to sift, strain”).

Noun

etmoide m (plural etmoidi)

1. (anatomy) ethmoid

   Synonym: osso etmoide

Related terms

• etmoidale

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ethmoide (obsolete)
• etmóide (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.t͡ʃiˈmɔj.d͡ʒi/ [e.t͡ʃiˈmɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /et͡ʃˈmɔj.d͡ʒi/ [et͡ʃˈmɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.t͡ʃiˈmɔj.d͡ʒi/ [e.t͡ʃiˈmɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /et͡ʃˈmɔj.d͡ʒi/ [et͡ʃˈmɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /et͡ʃˈmɔj.de/ [et͡ʃˈmɔɪ̯.de], /e.t͡ʃiˈmɔj.de/ [e.t͡ʃiˈmɔɪ̯.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛtˈmɔj.dɨ/ [ɛtˈmɔj.ðɨ]

Noun

etmoide m (plural etmoides)

1. (anatomy) ethmoid bone

Hypernyms

• osso

Holonyms

• crânio

Coordinate terms

• occipital, parietal, frontal, temporal, esfenoide

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).

Noun

etmoide m (plural etmoides)

1. (anatomy) ethmoid bone

Further reading

• “etmoides”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014