different between lunule vs lunula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lunule, from Latin l?nula, diminutive of l?na (“moon”).

Noun

lunule (plural lunules)

1. Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
2. A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.

Italian

Noun

lunule f

1. plural of lunula

English

Alternative forms

• lunule

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?nula.

Noun

lunula (plural lunulae)

1. Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.

Derived terms

• lunular
• lunulate

Translations

See also

• eponychium

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?nula.

Noun

lunula

1. (anatomy) lunula (pale area at the base of a fingernail)

Declension

Synonyms

• puolikuu

Anagrams

• laulun

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?nula.

Noun

lunula f (plural lunule)

1. lunette, half-moon, lunula

Latin

Etymology

l?na (“moon”) +? -ula

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lu?.nu.la/, [???u?n???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lu.nu.la/, [?lu?nul?]

Noun

l?nula f (genitive l?nulae); first declension

1. an ornament in the form of a little moon

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: lunule, lunula
• French: lunule
• Italian: lunula

References

• lunula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lunula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lunula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette