uterus
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#UTERUSCategory:English learned borrowings from Latin#UTERUSCategory:English terms derived from Latin#UTERUS uterus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/Category:English 3-syllable words#UTERUSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#UTERUS
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#UTERUSAudio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us
Noun
uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)Category:English lemmas#UTERUSCategory:English nouns#UTERUSCategory:English countable nouns#UTERUSCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#UTERUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UTERUSCategory:Pages with entries#UTERUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#UTERUS
- (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#UTERUS, countableCategory:English countable nouns#UTERUS) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
- (zoologyCategory:en:Zoology#UTERUS) A similar part in some non-mammals.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
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
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals#UTERUSCzech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Czech terms borrowed from English#UTERUSCategory:Czech terms derived from English#UTERUS uterus, from LatinCategory:Czech terms derived from Latin#UTERUS uterus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈutɛrus]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#UTERUS
- Hyphenation: ute‧rus
Noun
uterus m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#UTERUSCategory:Czech nouns#UTERUSCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#UTERUSCategory:Czech masculine nouns#UTERUSCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#UTERUSCategory:Pages with entries#UTERUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#UTERUS
- (anatomyCategory:cs:Anatomy#UTERUS) womb, uterus
- Synonym: děloha
Declension
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
Category:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UTERUSCategory:Indonesian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *úd#UTERUSLearned borrowing from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Latin#UTERUSCategory:Indonesian learned borrowings from Latin#UTERUSCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#UTERUS uterus, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UTERUS *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
utèrus (plural uterus-uterus)Category:Indonesian lemmas#UTERUSCategory:Indonesian nouns#UTERUSCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#UTERUSCategory:Pages with entries#UTERUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#UTERUS
- (anatomyCategory:id:Anatomy#UTERUS, medicineCategory:id:Medicine#UTERUS, zoologyCategory:id:Zoology#UTERUS) womb, uterus
Alternative forms
- uterus /utərus/ (Standard Malay)
Related terms
- saudara (“sibling”, literally “from the same womb”)
Further reading
- “uterus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#UTERUSCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UTERUS *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
uterus m (genitive uterī)Category:Latin lemmas#UTERUSCategory:Latin nouns#UTERUSCategory:Latin second declension nouns#UTERUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the second declension#UTERUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#UTERUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns#UTERUSCategory:Pages with entries#UTERUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#UTERUS; second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ Mallory, J. P. with 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 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
Category:Malay terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#UTERUSCategory:Malay terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *úd#UTERUSFrom LatinCategory:Malay terms derived from Latin#UTERUS uterus (“womb, belly”)Category:Malay undefined derivations#UTERUS.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /utərus/Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#UTERUS
- Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus
Noun
uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus or uterus2)Category:Malay lemmas#UTERUSCategory:Malay nouns#UTERUSCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#UTERUSCategory:Pages with entries#UTERUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#UTERUS
Alternative forms
- utèrus (Indonesian)
Further reading
- "uterus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Turkish terms borrowed from Latin#UTERUSCategory:Turkish terms derived from Latin#UTERUS uterus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈte.ɾus/Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#UTERUS
- Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus
Noun
uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)Category:Turkish lemmas#UTERUSCategory:Turkish nouns#UTERUSCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#UTERUSCategory:Pages with entries#UTERUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#UTERUS
- (anatomyCategory:tr:Anatomy#UTERUS) womb, uterus
- Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim
Declension
Further reading
- “uterus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uterus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük