uterus

See also: Uterus and utérus

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *úderos

Latin uterusbor.

English uterus

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

2. (anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

   Synonyms: belly, matrix (now archaic), metra, womb

   1. (zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals.

Derived terms

• cordiform uterus
• corpus uteri
• uterine
• uterus bicornis
• uterus didelphis
• uterus didelphys

Related terms

• hystera
• hysterectomy
• hysteria
• in utero

Descendants

• → Czech: uterus
• → Malay: uterus
• → Swahili: uterasi

Translations

womb — see womb

See also

• Müllerian ducts (embryological precursor)
• internal genitalia

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “uterus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “uterus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• suture

Czech

Alternative forms

• uter

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *úderos

Latin uterusder.

Czech uterus

Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

uterus m inan

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonym: děloha

Declension

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

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *úderos

Latin uterusder.

Indonesian uterus

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊtɛrʊs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrʊs
• Hyphenation: utè‧rus

Noun

utèrus (plural uterus-uterus)

1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

Alternative forms

• uterus /utərus/ (Johor-Riau)

Related terms

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

Further reading

• “uterus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

• uterum

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *úderos

Latin uterus

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊ.tɛ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.t̪e.rus]

Noun

uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: mātrīx, uterum

2. fetus, newborn
3. belly, paunch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	uterus	uterī
genitive	uterī	uterōrum
dative	uterō	uterīs
accusative	uterum	uterōs
ablative	uterō	uterīs
vocative	utere	uterī

Related terms

• uterculus
• uterīnus

Descendants

• Catalan: úter
• English: uterus
  • → Czech: uterus
  • → Malay: uterus
  • → Swahili: uterasi
• French: utérus
• Galician: útero
• Interlingua: utero
• Italian: utero
• Malay: uterus
• Piedmontese: ùter/üter
• Portuguese: útero
• Romanian: uter
• Sicilian: ùtiru
• Spanish: útero
• → Turkish: uterus

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *úderos

Latin uterusder.

Malay uterus

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utərus/
• Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

Noun

uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus)

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: peranakan, kandung, kandungan, rahim

Alternative forms

• utèrus (Indonesian)

Further reading

• “uterus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *úderos

Latin uterusder.

Turkish uterus

Borrowed from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uterus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük