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uterus

See also: Uterus and utérus

English

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Etymology

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From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjuː.tɚ.əs/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

Noun

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uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

  1. (anatomy) The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

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Descendants

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  • → Czech: uterus
  • → Malay: uterus

Translations

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womb — see womb

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Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈutɛrus]
  • Hyphenation: ute‧rus

Noun

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uterus m inan

  1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
    Synonym: děloha

Declension

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Declension of uterus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
singular plural
nominative uterus utery
genitive uteru uterů
dative uteru uterům
accusative uterus utery
vocative utere utery
locative uteru uterech
instrumental uterem utery

Further reading

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  • “uterus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “uterus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

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utèrus (first-person possessive uterusku, second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)

  1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus
    Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

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  • saudara (“sibling”, literally “from the same womb”)

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).[1][2]

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Noun

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uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
  2. fetus, newborn
  3. belly, paunch

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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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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with 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
  2. ^ 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 reading

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  • “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.

Malay

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Etymology

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From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

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uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)

  1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈte.ɾus/
  • Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

Noun

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uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)

  1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
    Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim

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