different between scapula vs shoulderblade

English

Etymology

From Late Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

Noun

scapula (plural scapulas or scapulae)

1. (anatomy) Either of the two large, flat, bones forming the back of the shoulder.

Synonyms

• shoulder blade

Derived terms

• scapular
• scapulary
• suprascapula

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ska.pu.la/
• Rhymes: -apula
• Hyphenation: scà?pu?la

Noun

scapula f (plural scapule)

1. (literary) Obsolete form of scapola.

References

• scapula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin scapula "shoulder" from Classical Latin scapulae (“shoulders”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ska.pu.la/, [?s?käp???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ska.pu.la/, [?sk??pul?]

Noun

scapula f (genitive scapulae); first declension

1. (anatomy) A shoulder blade, scapula

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• scapul?re
• scapul?ris
• scapul?rium
• scapul?rus

Descendants

References

• scapula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scapula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• scapula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• scapula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Noun

shoulderblade (plural shoulderblades)

1. Alternative spelling of shoulder blade