vallecula
English edit
Etymology edit
1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /væˈlɛk.jəl.ə/, /vəˈlɛk.jəl.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɛkjʊlə
Noun edit
vallecula (plural valleculae or valleculas)
- (anatomy, botany) A depression, channel or groove.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “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 edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vallēs (“a valley, vale”) + -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯alˈle.ku.la/, [u̯älˈlʲɛkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /valˈle.ku.la/, [välˈlɛːkulä]
Noun edit
vallecula f (genitive valleculae); first declension
- Diminutive of vallēs: Late Latin form of vallicula.
Descendants edit
- → English: vallecula
References edit
- “vallicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press