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scrotum
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin scr?tum.
Pronunciation
- enPR: skr??t?m
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sk???.t?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sk?o?.t?m/
Noun
scrotum (plural scrotums or scrota)
- (anatomy) The bag of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in mammals.
- The female labia majora are homologous to the male scrotum.
Synonyms
- ballbag, ballsack (both vulgar)
- See also Thesaurus:scrotum
Hypernyms
- genitals
Derived terms
- scrotal
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin scr?tum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?skro?.t?m/
- Hyphenation: scro?tum
- Rhymes: -o?t?m
Noun
scrotum n (plural scrota or scrotums)
- (anatomy, medicine) scrotum
- Synonym: balzak
French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin scr?tum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk??.t?m/, /sk?o.t?m/
Noun
scrotum m (plural scrotums)
- scrotum
Derived terms
- scrotal
Further reading
- “scrotum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). See also Latin scortum, scrautum, corium, Proto-Germanic *skeran? (whence English shear), Ancient Greek ????? (keír?, “I cut off”), Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian ????? (k?erem, “to scrape, scratch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?skro?.tum/, [?s?k?o?t????]
- (Vulgar) IPA(key): /?skro?.tu/, [?skro?tu]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?skro.tum/, [?sk???t?um]
Noun
scr?tum n (genitive scr?t?); second declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin, New Latin)
- (anatomy) scrotum
- Scr?tum est membrum gignend? hominis et anim?lis in f?rmam sacc?, quod test?s continet et pr?tegit.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
- ? Albanian: skrotum
- ? Aragonese: escroto
- ? Asturian: escrotu
- ? Catalan: escrot
- ? Galician: escroto
- ? Danish: skrotum
- ? Dutch: scrotum
- ? English: scrotum
- ? French: scrotum
- ? German: Skrotum
- ? Italian: scroto
- ? Macedonian: ??????? (skrotum)
- ? Norwegian: skrotum
- ? Portuguese: escroto
- ? Romanian: scrot
- ? Sicilian: scrotu
- ? Spanish: escroto
- ? Tagalog: eskroto
- ? Slovak: skrótum
- ? Slovene: skrotum
- ? Swedish: scrotum, skrotum
- ? Turkish: skrotum
- ? Welsh: sgrotwm
References
- scrotum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scrotum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1407
- scrotum in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, page 2547
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testicles
English
Noun
testicles
- plural of testicle
Usage notes
Frequently used in the plural, due to their usually being present as a pair.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:testicles
Anagrams
- celestist, telestics
Catalan
Noun
testicles
- plural of testicle
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