vallecula
English
editEtymology
edit1859 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
editvallecula (plural valleculae or valleculas)
- (anatomy, botany) A depression, channel or groove.
Derived terms
editReferences
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
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom vallēs (“a valley, vale”) + -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯alˈle.ku.la/, [u̯älˈlʲɛkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /valˈle.ku.la/, [välˈlɛːkulä]
Noun
editvallecula 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
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