different between quadriceps vs biceps

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- +? -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).

Noun

quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)

1. (anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.

Synonyms

• quads

Derived terms

• quadricipital

Related terms

• biceps
• triceps
• quadricep
• quadriceps femoris
• quadriceps tendon
• quadricepsplasty

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, from quadri- +? -ceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.d?i.s?ps/, /ka.d?i.s?ps/

Noun

quadriceps m (plural quadriceps)

1. quadriceps (muscle)

English

Etymology

From Latin biceps (“double-headed, two peaked”), from bis (“double”) + caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ba?.s?ps/

Noun

biceps (plural biceps or bicepses)

1. (anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.
   • 1901, Michael Foster & Lewis E. Shore, Physiology for Beginners, page 73

     The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg.

2. Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
   • 1996, Robert Kennedy & Dwayne Hines II, Animal Arms, page 21

     The arm muscles are the show muscles of the physique. When someone asks to "see your muscles," they are most likely referring to your arms, and more specifically, your biceps.

3. (informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
   • 2005, Lisa Plumley, Once Upon a Christmas, page 144

     Biting her lip, she held his biceps for balance and waded farther.

4. (prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
   • 2000, James I. Porter, Nietzsche and the Philology of the Future, page 347

     This means that in the metrical sequence […] recited in ordinary speech rhythm, the princeps occupied a slightly shorter time than the biceps (5:6), and if a long syllable was used to fill the biceps it had to be dragged a little […]

Usage notes

• Now often mistaken as a plural form; see bicep. An archaic plural bicipites, borrowed from the Latin, also exists.

Synonyms

• (the biceps brachii): biceps brachii, biceps cubiti
• (the upper arm): guns, pipes, pythons, upper arm

Antonyms

• (prosody): princeps

Derived terms

• bicep
• biceps curl
• biceps femoris
• gluteobiceps

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin biceps (“two-headed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi.s?ps/
• Hyphenation: bi?ceps
• Rhymes: -is?ps

Noun

biceps m (plural bicepsen, diminutive bicepsje n)

1. (anatomy) biceps; any two-headed muscle
2. the biceps brachii
   • 2007, C. A. Bastiaanssen, Anatomie en Fysiologie, page 387

     De biceps en de triceps zijn elkaars antagonisten.

     The biceps and the triceps are each other's antagonist.

Synonyms

• (biceps brachii): armbuigspier, elleboogbuiger, spierbal

See also

• tweekoppige

French

Etymology

From Latin biceps (“double-headed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.s?ps/

Noun

biceps m (plural biceps)

1. (anatomy) biceps (any two-headed muscle)
2. the biceps brachii
   • 1978, Freddy Buache, Cinéma Anglais, page 154

     Mais Bronson se définit uniquement par son physique (biceps, démarche souple) et non par la densité de sa présence ce qui limite ses possibilités d'emploi.

     But Bronson is defined only by his physique (biceps, supple gait) and not by the density of his presence which limits his employment possibilities.

Derived terms

• avoir du biceps
• biceps brachial
• biceps crural
• biceps fémoral

Further reading

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• bicapit?s
• bicip?s

Etymology

From bis (“twice”) +? -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bi.keps/, [?b?k?ps?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bi.t??eps/, [?bi?t???ps]

Adjective

biceps (genitive bicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. double-headed, having two heads
2. (of mountains) having two summits or peaks
3. (of swords) double-edged
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Proverbia 5:4b

     acuta quasi gladius biceps

     as sharp as a two-edged sword

4. (by extension) divided into two parts

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Synonyms

• (double-headed): anceps

Related terms

• anceps
• caput
• centiceps
• triceps

Descendants

References

• biceps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• biceps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Polish

Etymology

From German Bizeps, from Latin biceps (“two-headed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i.t?s?ps/

Noun

biceps m inan

1. biceps brachii

Declension

Quotations

• 1970, Stanis?aw Lorentz, Walka o Dobra Kultury, Warszawa 1939-1945, Volume 2, page 27

  I w?a?nie wtedy przysz?o mi na my?l uratowanie prasy powsta?czej, któr? bardzo troskliwie zbiera?em do 2 wrze?nia, to jest do dnia podpalenia naszego domu, a jednocze?nie dnia, kiedy zosta?em ranny w prawy biceps.

• 1994, Zwi?zek Literatów Polskich, Dialog: Miesi?cznik Po?wi?cony Dramaturgii Wspó?czesnej, page 13

  Podwija r?kaw i napina starczy biceps.
  LEO: Dzi?kuj?, st?d widz?.
  STARZEC (klepie si? po bicepsie): Niebywa?e!

  He [Starzec] rolls up his sleeve and tenses elderly biceps.
  LEO: Thanks, I see it from here.
  STARZEC (taps himself on the biceps): Unheard of!

Further reading

• biceps in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French biceps, from Latin biceps (“two-headed”).

Noun

biceps m (plural bicep?i)

1. biceps; any two-headed muscle
2. the biceps brachii

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin biceps (“two-headed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?t?seps/
• Hyphenation: bi?ceps

Noun

bìceps m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. biceps

Declension

References

• “biceps” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal