vallecula

English

Etymology

1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /væˈlɛk.jəl.ə/, /vəˈlɛk.jəl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛkjʊlə

Noun

vallecula (plural valleculae or valleculas)

1. (anatomy, botany) A depression, channel or groove.

Derived terms

• vallecular
• valleculate

References

• “vallecula”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “vallecula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “vallecula”, in Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Saunders, 2004

Anagrams

• call value

Latin

Etymology

From vallēs (“a valley, vale”) +‎ -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯alˈle.ku.la/, [u̯älˈlʲɛkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /valˈle.ku.la/, [välˈlɛːkulä]

Noun

vallecula f (genitive valleculae); first declension

1. diminutive of vallēs: Late Latin form of vallicula.

Descendants

• → English: vallecula

References

• “vallicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press