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fauces
English
Etymology
From Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??si?z/
Noun
fauces pl (plural only)
- (anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
- (botany) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
- (zoology) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
Translations
References
- Hurme, Pesonen, Syväoja, "Englanti-Suomi suursanakirja", ?ISBN, 4th ed., 1993, page 426
- "Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language", new rev. ed., 1994, ?ISBN, page 702. Based on "The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, the Unabridged Edition", 2nd ed., 1993
Latin
Etymology
Plural of faux, of unknown etymology.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?fau?.ke?s/, [?fäu?ke?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fau?.t??es/, [?f??u?t???s]
Noun
fauc?s f pl (genitive faucium); third declension
- throat, pharynx, gullet
- a narrow entrance, entry passage
- defile, gorge
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
The word is often plural, although a single instance of the nominative singular form faux is known.
Descendants
- English: fauces
- Galician: fauces
- Italian: fauci
- Portuguese: fauce, foz
- Spanish: fauces, hocino
References
- fauces in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fauces in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fauces in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fauces in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- fauces in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fauces in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish
Noun
fauces
- plural of fauce
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English
Noun
faucets
- plural of faucet
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