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
From English uterus, from Latin uterus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
uterus m inan
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
- uterus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- uterus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English uterus, from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
uterus (plural, first-person possessive uterusku, second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)
Related termsEdit
- saudara (“sibling”, literally “from the same womb”)
Further readingEdit
- “uterus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈʊ.t̪ɛ.ɾʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈuː.t̪ɛ.rus]
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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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, impolite 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)