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English

Alternative forms

• nævus
• nevus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin naevus.

Noun

naevus (plural naevi)

1. (anatomy) A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin. Naevi may be congenital or acquired, and are always benign.

Synonyms

• birthmark
• longing mark
• mole
• mother's mark
• mother-spot
• naeve

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Uveans, unsave

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?e?us/, [?n?e??us?]
• Rhymes: -?e?us
• Syllabification: na?e?vus

Noun

naevus

1. nevus (benign tumor on skin)

Usage notes

This word is mainly known to and thus used by the medical professionals.

Declension

Synonyms

• luomi syntymämerkki (common language terms)

Anagrams

• suvena

French

Noun

naevus m (plural naevi)

1. Alternative form of nævus

Further reading

• “naevus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• gnaevus

Etymology

For gnaevus, from Proto-Indo-European *?n?h?iwós (“native”), from *?enh?- (“to beget”). Confer with Gnaeus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nae?.u?us/, [?näe?u?os?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ne.vus/, [?n??vus]

Noun

naevus m (genitive naev?); second declension

1. birthmark
2. mole (on the body)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• naevius, Naevius

Descendants

References

• naevus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• naevus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• naevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Noun

naeves

1. plural of naeve

Anagrams

• even as, seaven, veenas