different between rotula vs rotular

English

Etymology

Latin. Doublet of role and roll.

Noun

rotula (plural rotulas or rotulae)

1. (anatomy) The patella; the kneecap.
2. (zoology) One of the five radial pieces in the dentary apparatus of the sea urchin.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alutor, LAUTRO, Latour, torula

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotula.

Noun

rotula f (plural rotule)

1. (anatomy) patella, kneecap, rotula

Derived terms

• rotuleo

Anagrams

• urlato

Latin

Alternative forms

• rotulus

Etymology

Diminutive from rota (“wheel”) +? -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ro.tu.la/, [?r?t????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ro.tu.la/, [?r??t?ul?]

Noun

rotula f (genitive rotulae); first declension

1. a small wheel; roll

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: rotlle; ? ròtula
• Old French: role
  • Middle French: rolle
    • French: rôle
      • ? Catalan: rol
        • ? Spanish: rol (“roll (list)”)
      • ? English: role, rôle
        • ? Spanish: rol (“role”)
      • ? Norwegian Bokmål: rolle (partly; also through German)
      • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: rolle (partly; also through German)
      • Portuguese: rolo
  • ? Middle Dutch: rolle
    • Dutch: rol
      • Afrikaans: rol
  • ? Middle English: rolle
    • English: roll
  • ? Middle High German: rolle, rulle
    • German: Rolle
      • ? Norwegian Bokmål: rolle (partly; also through French)
      • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: rolle (partly; also through French)
• ? French: rotule
• Galician: rolla, rolda; ? rótula
• ? Italian: rotula
• Portuguese: rolha; ? rótula
• Spanish: rolla, rondala; ? rótula

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

rotula

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rotular
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rotular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?tula/, [ro?t?u.la]

Verb

rotula

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rotular.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rotular.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rotular.

English

Etymology

From Latin rotula, diminutive of rota (“wheel”).

Adjective

rotular (comparative more rotular, superlative most rotular)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the rotula, or kneepan.

Portuguese

Verb

rotular (first-person singular present indicative rotulo, past participle rotulado)

1. (transitive) to label with an adhesive label
2. (figuratively, transitive) to label (to categorise a person or thing)

Conjugation

Related terms

• rolar
• rótulo

Spanish

Etymology

See rótulo. Cognate with English roll.

Verb

rotular (first-person singular present rotulo, first-person singular preterite rotulé, past participle rotulado)

1. to entitle
2. to label, tag (especially with a rótulo)

Conjugation