different between triceps vs guns

English

Etymology

From Latin tr?ceps (“triple-headed”), from tr?s (“three”) + caput (“head”).

Noun

triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)

1. (anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.
2. (anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.

Synonyms

• (muscle in the arm): triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti

Related terms

• biceps
• tricep
• quadriceps

Translations

Anagrams

• escript, picters

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triceps (“three-headed”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

triceps m (plural tricepsen)

1. triceps brachii

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *triskaputis. Equivalent to tr?s (“three”) +? -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

triceps (genitive tricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. triple-headed, having three heads
2. divided into three parts

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Descendants

• English: triceps
• Galician: tríceps
• Spanish: tríceps

References

• triceps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• triceps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French triceps, from Latin triceps.

Noun

triceps m (plural tricep?i)

1. triceps

Declension

Spanish

Noun

triceps m (plural triceps)

1. triceps

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /??nz/

Noun

guns

1. plural of gun

Noun

guns pl (plural only)

1. (bodybuilding, slang) Well-developed muscles of the upper arm, especially the biceps and triceps.
   • 2005, Joe Kita (ed.), Men's Health Best: Arms, page 6

     And there's still no better way to throw down the fitness gauntlet than to roll up your sleeves and unveil some powerful guns.

   • 2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350

     I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day! Obviously that sounds awesome, because my guns are only 15 inches.

Synonyms

• (muscles of the upper arm): biceps, pythons

See also

• wheels

Verb

guns

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gun

Anagrams

• Ngus, Sung, Ungs, gnus, nugs, snug, sung

Latvian

Noun

guns f (6th declension)

1. (poetic) flame
2. (poetic) fire

Declension

Related terms

• liesma
• uguns