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axis
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?æks?s/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?æks?s/
- Hyphenation: ax?is
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century.
Noun
axis (plural axes)
- (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
- (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
- (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
- Synonym: epistropheus
- (psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- (botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
Coordinate terms
- (cervical vertebra): atlas
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin, name of an Indian animal mentioned by the Roman senator Pliny.
Noun
axis (plural axises)
- Axis axis, a deer native to Asia.
- Synonyms: chital, cheetal, chital deer, spotted deer, axis deer
Translations
See also
- Chital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Axis axis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?s-i-s, from *h?e?s- (“axis, axle”); see also Lithuanian ašis (“axle”), Sanskrit ???? (ák?a, “axis, axle, balance beam”), Ancient Greek ???? (áx?n, “axle”), Old High German ahsa (“axle”), Icelandic eax, öxull, öksull, Old English eaxl (whence English axle).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ak.sis/, [?äks??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ak.sis/, [??ksis]
Noun
axis m (genitive axis); third declension
- An axletree of wagon, car, chariot.
- The North Pole.
- The heavens or a region or clime of these.
- A board, plank.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- axis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- axis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- axis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- axis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- axis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- axis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary
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centre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ??????? (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sen.t?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?n.t?/, [?s?.???]
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [?s????]
- Hyphenation: cen?tre
- Rhymes: -?nt?(r)
- Homophone: sinner (pin-pen merger)
- Homophone: center
Noun
centre (plural centres)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
centre (third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring or centreing, simple past and past participle centred)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center
Translations
Anagrams
- Center, center, recent, tenrec
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ??????? (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?sen.t??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?sen.t?e/
Noun
centre m (plural centres)
- center (point in the interior of a circle)
- center (middle portion of something)
- center (place where some function or activity occurs)
- center (topic that is particularly important)
- downtown (business center of a city)
Derived terms
Related terms
- central
- cèntric
Further reading
- “centre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “centre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “centre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “centre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
Adverb
centre
- centrally
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron, “sharp point”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??t?/
- (FR) IPA(key): [s??t?], [s??t?]
Noun
centre m (plural centres)
- centre, center
- (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “centre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- créent
- récent
Portuguese
Verb
centre
- first-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
- first-person singular imperative of centrar
- third-person singular imperative of centrar
Spanish
Verb
centre
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of centrar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of centrar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of centrar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of centrar.
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