spondyle

English

Alternative forms

• spondyl

Etymology

From Middle English spondile, spondyle, from Latin spondylus, from Ancient Greek σφόνδῠλος (sphóndulos, “vertebra”).

Noun

spondyle (plural spondyles)

1. (archaic, anatomy) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.

Translations

joint of the backbone — see vertebra

References

• “spondyle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From Latin spondylus (“vertebra; mussel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔ̃.dil/

Noun

spondyle f (plural spondyles)

1. spiny oyster, thorny oyster (mollusc of the genus Spondylus)
2. spondyle (vertebra)

Further reading

• “spondyle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

spondyle

1. vocative singular of spondylus

References

• “spondyle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spondyle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.