different between hilar vs hilum

English

Etymology

A macaronic blend of Latin h?lum (“trifle”), +? -ar.

Adjective

hilar (comparative more hilar, superlative most hilar)

1. Relating to or near a hilum.

Derived terms

• infrahilar, nonhilar, perihilar, prehilar, retrohilar, subhilar, suprahilar

Romanian

Adjective

hilar m or n (feminine singular hilar?, masculine plural hilari, feminine and neuter plural hilare)

1. Alternative form of ilar

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin f?l?re, from Latin f?lum. Compare Portuguese fiar, Italian filare, French filer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?la?/, [i?la?]

Verb

hilar (first-person singular present hilo, first-person singular preterite hilé, past participle hilado)

1. to spin (as with thread)
2. to string together, put together (words, to make coherent sentences)

Conjugation

Related terms

• hilo
• rehilar

Further reading

• “hilar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• hilus

Etymology

From Latin h?lum (“a trifle; a spot on a seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?.l?m/
• Hyphenation: hi?lum

Noun

hilum (plural hila)

1. (botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.
2. (botany) The nucleus of a starch grain.
3. (anatomy) A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ; a porta.

Synonyms

• (fissure): porta

Related terms

• hilar

Translations

Further reading

• Hilum (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hilum (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Semitic source.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hi?.lum/, [?hi??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.lum/, [?i?lum]

Noun

h?lum n (genitive h?l?); second declension

1. trifle
2. (in the negative) not a whit, not in the least

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• Catalan: hílum
• English: hilum, hilus
• French: hile
• German: Hilum
• Italian: ilo
• Portuguese: hilo
• Spanish: hilio

References

• hilum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hilum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hilum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hilum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hilum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016