different between palpebral vs palpebra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin palpebr?lis (“of or on the eyelids”), from palpebra (“an eyelid”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to palpebra +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pal.p?b.??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pæl?pi.b??l/
• Rhymes: -ælp?b??l, -i?b??l

Adjective

palpebral (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located on or near the eyelids.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

palpebral (plural palpebrals)

1. (zootomy) A dermal bone found near the eye socket of some animals.

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French palpébral

Adjective

palpebral m or n (feminine singular palpebral?, masculine plural palpebrali, feminine and neuter plural palpebrale)

1. palpebral

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

palpebral (plural palpebrales)

1. palpebral

English

Etymology

From Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”). Compare Middle English palpebre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pal.p?b.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæl.p?b.??/, /pæl?pi.b??/
• Rhymes: -i?b??

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebrae or (archaic) palpebræ)

1. (anatomy) An eyelid.

Related terms

• palpebral (adjective)

References

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

Anagrams

• rappable

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /p?l?pe.b??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pal?pe.b?a/

Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebres)

1. Alternative form of parpella

Interlingua

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebras)

1. eyelid

Italian

Etymology

From Latin palpebra (“eyelid”), from palp? (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).

Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebre)

1. eyelid

Latin

Alternative forms

• palfebra (post-classical)
• *palpetra, *palpetrum (Vulgar)

Pronunciation

• palpebra: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pal.pe.bra/, [?pä??p?b?ä]
• palpebra: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pal.pe.bra/, [?p?lp?b??]
• palpebr?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pal.pe.bra?/, [?pä??p?b?ä?]
• palpebr?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pal.pe.bra/, [?p?lp?b??]

Etymology 1

From palp? (“to touch softly; to caress, flatter”) +? -bra (nominal suffix).

Noun

palpebra f (genitive palpebrae); first declension

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) An eyelid.

   Synonym: cilium

2. (in the plural) The eyelashes.

   Synonym: (Medieval Latin) cilia

3. (Ecclesiastical Latin, in the plural) The eyes.

   Synonym: ocul?

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• palpebr?lis
• palpebr?ris
• palpebr?

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

palpebr? f

1. ablative singular of palpebra

References

• palpebra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palpebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

See also

• oculus