uterus

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See also: Uterus and utérus

English

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Etymology

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From Latin uterus (womb, belly).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈjuː.təɹ.əs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

Noun

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uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

  1. (anatomy) The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

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Descendants

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  • Czech: uterus
  • Malay: uterus

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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uterus m inan

  1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
    Synonym: děloha

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Further reading

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  • uterus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • uterus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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utèrus (first-person possessive uterusku, second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)

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

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  • saudara (sibling, literally from the same womb)

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
  2. fetus, newborn
  3. belly, paunch

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uterus uterī
Genitive uterī uterōrum
Dative uterō uterīs
Accusative uterum uterōs
Ablative uterō uterīs
Vocative utere uterī
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References

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  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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Latin uterus (womb, belly).

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uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)

  1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)

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

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