uterus

See also: Uterus and utérus

English

Etymology

  • From Latin uterus (womb, belly), from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (abdomen, stomach), from *úd (out, outward) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

    Noun

    uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

    1. (anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
      Synonyms: belly, matrix (now archaic), metra, womb
      1. (zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Czech: uterus
    • Malay: uterus
    • Swahili: uterasi

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    Czech

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈutɛrus]
    • Hyphenation: ute‧rus

    Noun

    uterus m inan

    1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
      Synonym: děloha

    Declension

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    Indonesian

    Etymology

  • Learned borrowing from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (abdomen, stomach), from *úd (out, outward) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈʊtɛrʊs]
    • Rhymes: -ɛrʊs
    • Hyphenation: utè‧rus

    Noun

    utèrus (plural uterus-uterus)

    1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus
      Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

    Alternative forms

    • saudara (sibling, literally from the same womb)

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    Latin

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

  • From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (abdomen, stomach), from *úd (out, outward) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

    1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
      Synonyms: mātrīx, uterum
    2. fetus, newborn
    3. belly, paunch

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative uterus uterī
    genitive uterī uterōrum
    dative uterō uterīs
    accusative uterum uterōs
    ablative uterō uterīs
    vocative utere uterī

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ 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
    2. ^ 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

  • From Latin uterus (womb, belly).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /utərus/
    • Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

    Noun

    uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus)

    1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
      Synonyms: peranakan, kandung, kandungan, rahim

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    Turkish

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Latin uterus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /uˈte.ɾus/
    • Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

    Noun

    uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)

    1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
      Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim

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