different between notch vs foramen

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an + otch, which noun stems from Middle French oche (“notch”), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

notch (plural notches)

1. A V-shaped cut.
   1. Such a cut, used for keeping a record.

   2. (slang) Woman.
2. An indentation.
3. A mountain pass; a defile.
4. (finance) A discontinuous change in a taxation schedule.
5. (informal) A level or degree.
   • 2014, Daniel Taylor, "World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk, 20 June:

     a better team might also have done more to expose Uruguay’s occasionally brittle defence, but England’s speed of thought and movement in their attacking positions was a good notch or two down from the Italy game.

6. (electronics) A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

notch (third-person singular simple present notches, present participle notching, simple past and past participle notched)

1. (transitive) To cut a notch in (something).
2. (transitive) To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.

3. (transitive) To join by means of notches.
4. (transitive, informal) To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.

   Synonym: notch up
5. (transitive) To fit (an arrow) to a bow by means of the notch cut at the end of the arrow; to nock.
   • 1885, John Niles Hubbard, An Account of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, Or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830, page 31:

     Notching an arrow on the string of his tried and unerring bow, he raised his sinewy arms […]

   • 1913, Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.), Our Paper, page 530:

     As Uncle Bunse threw his armful of stuff into the canoe, half a dozen other Indians crept forward, notching their arrows to shoot.

Derived terms

• notcher

Translations

References

• Partridge, Eric (2006): Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Cebuano

Etymology

From nota + ch.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: notch

Noun

notch

1. the penis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin for?men (“aperture or opening produced by boring”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???e?.m?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f???e?.m?n/
• Rhymes: -e?m?n

Noun

foramen (plural foramina or foramens)

1. (anatomy) An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.

   Hyponyms: alar foramen, foramen cecum, foramen magnum, foramen of Magendie, foramen of Monro, foramen of Morgagni, foramen of Winslow, foramen ovale, foramen triosseum, neuroforamen, parietal foramen

Derived terms

• foraminal
• foraminate
• foraminous

References

• “foramen”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “foramen”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• meatus

Anagrams

• Foreman, foreman, name for

Latin

Etymology

From for? (“to pierce or bore”) +? -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fo?ra?.men/, [f???ä?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fo?ra.men/, [f?????m?n]

Noun

for?men n (genitive for?minis); third declension

1. (Classical Latin, rare) An opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole.
2. (transferred sense, Late Latin) An opening, hole, cave.

   Synonym: caverna

Inflection

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• for?men ac?s
• for?min?tus
• for?min?sus

Related terms

• for?tus
• for?

Descendants

References

• foramen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• foramen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• foramen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• foramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin for?men (“aperture, opening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo??amen/, [fo??a.m?n]

Noun

foramen m (plural forámenes)

1. (anatomy) foramen

Derived terms

Related terms

• foraminífero
• perforar
• horadar