uterus
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)
- (anatomy) The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
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Further readingEdit
- uterus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- uterus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- uterus at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
uterus m inan
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IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
utèrus (first-person possessive uterusku, second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)
Alternative formsEdit
- uterus /utərus/ (Standard Malay)
Related termsEdit
- saudara (“sibling”, literally “from the same womb”)
Further readingEdit
- “uterus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | uterus | uterī |
| Genitive | uterī | uterōrum |
| Dative | uterō | uterīs |
| Accusative | uterum | uterōs |
| Ablative | uterō | uterīs |
| Vocative | utere | uterī |
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “uterus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 647
Further readingEdit
- “uterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “uterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- uterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)
Alternative formsEdit
- utèrus /utɛrus/ (Indonesian)
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “uterus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
TurkishEdit
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NounEdit
uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)
Further readingEdit
- uterus in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uterus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük