uterine

See also: utérine

English

Etymology

From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjutəɹaɪn/

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Adjective

uterine (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the uterus.

   Synonym: wombly

2. Born of the same mother but of a different father.

   uterine siblings

Derived terms

• uterine brother
• uterine nephew
• uterine sister

Translations

of or pertaining to the uterus

• Armenian: արգանդային (argandayin)
• Catalan: uterí
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 子宮, 子宫 (zi² gung¹)

  Hakka: 子宮, 子宫 (chṳ́-kiûng)

  Jin: 子宮, 子宫 (zi² gung¹)

  Mandarin: 子宮 (zh), 子宫 (zh) (zǐgōng)

  Min Nan: 子宮 (zh-min-nan), 子宫 (chú-kiong, chír-kiong, chí-kiong), 生囝袋 (seⁿ-kiáⁿ-tē, siⁿ-kiáⁿ-tē)

• Dutch: baarmoeder-
• Esperanto: utera
• French: utérin (fr)
• Galician: uterino

• Greek: μητρικός (el) (mitrikós)
• Ido: uterala
• Italian: uterino (it)
• Portuguese: uterino (pt)
• Russian: утробный (ru) (utrobnyj), маточный (ru) (matočnyj)
• Spanish: uterino
• Volapük: vümik

born of the same mother but of a different father

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同母異父, 同母异父 (tóngmǔ yìfù)

  Min Nan: 仝母各爸 (kāng-bó-koh-pēe)

  Xiang: 共娘隔爺, 共娘隔爷 (gong⁴ nyian² ge⁶ ia²)

• Japanese: 胤違い (たねちがい, tanechigai), 異父 (いふ, ifu), 行き合い (ゆきあい, yukiai)

Noun

uterine (plural uterines)

1. A uterine sibling.

Anagrams

• neurite, retinue, reunite, unitree

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German

Adjective

uterine

1. inflection of uterin:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Adjective

uterine

1. feminine plural of uterino

Anagrams

• unirete

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Latin

Adjective

uterīne

1. vocative masculine singular of uterīnus