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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cerv?x (“neck”), see below.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??.v?ks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?.v?ks/

Noun

cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)

1. (anatomy) The neck
2. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
3. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Derived terms

• cervical
• paracervix

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cerv?x, see below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.v?ks/
• Hyphenation: cer?vix

Noun

cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)

1. neck
2. The cervix between the uterus and the vagina.

Synonyms

• (neck): nek, hals
• (uterus portion): baarmoederhals

Derived terms

• cervicaal

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“the head”) (compare cerebrum) and *weyk- (“to curve, bend”) (compare vinci?), literally “where the head turns”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ker.u?i?ks/, [?k?ru?i?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??er.viks/, [?t???rviks]

Noun

cerv?x f (genitive cerv?cis); third declension

1. (anatomy, zootomy) neck, nape

   Synonym: collum

2. (figuratively)
   1. great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke)
   2. boldness, headstrong behavior
3. (transferred sense) (of an object) neck

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cervix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cervix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Romanian

Etymology

From French cérvix

Noun

cervix n (uncountable)

1. cervix

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin vertebra (“joint”), from vertere (“to turn”). Having multiple vertebrae (plural of vertebra) in one's backbone instead of having a single bone or solid spine, allows for the movement of the body with bends and turns. Hence meaning 1.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v??t?b??/

Noun

vertebra (plural vertebræ or vertebrae or vertebras)

1. Any of the small bones which make up the backbone.

Synonyms

• spondyle (rare)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• coccyx

Further reading

• vertebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto

Adjective

vertebra (accusative singular vertebran, plural vertebraj, accusative plural vertebrajn)

1. vertebrate

Antonyms

• malvertebra (“invertebrate”)

Hypernyms

• ?ordohava, ?ordula (“chordate”)

Related terms

• vertebro (“a vertebrate”)

Interlingua

Noun

vertebra (plural vertebras)

1. vertebra

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vertebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?r.te.bra/

Noun

vertebra f (plural vertebre)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

Related terms

• vertebra cervicale
• vertebrale
• vertebra lombare
• vertebrato
• vertebra toracica

Anagrams

• tra breve

Further reading

• vertebra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From vert(?) (“to turn”) +? -bra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?er.te.bra/, [?u??rt??b?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ver.te.bra/, [?v?rt??b??]

Noun

vertebra f (genitive vertebrae); first declension

1. joint
2. (anatomy) vertebra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: vertebra
• French: vertèbre
• Galician: vértebra
• Irish: veirteabra
• Italian: vertebra
• Portuguese: vértebra
• Spanish: vértebra

References

• vertebra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vertebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertebra.

Noun

vertebra f (genitive singular vertebra, plural vertebraghyn)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

Synonyms

• junt craue-drommey

Derived terms

• vertebragh (“vertebrate, vertebral”)

Spanish

Verb

vertebra

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of vertebrar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of vertebrar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of vertebrar.