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tubercle
English
Etymology
From Latin tuberculum.
Noun
tubercle (plural tubercles)
- (anatomy) A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
- (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
- (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
Synonyms
- tubercule
- tuberculum
- tuberosity
- eminence
- nodule
Translations
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tuber
English
Etymology
From Latin t?ber (“bump, hump, swelling”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: tyo?o'b?(r), IPA(key): /tju?b?(?)/
- Rhymes: -u?b?(r)
Noun
tuber (plural tubers)
- A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
- (horticulture) A thickened rootstock.
- (anatomy) A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body.
Related terms
- tubercle
- tubercular
Translations
Anagrams
- Ubert, brute, buret, rebut
French
Etymology
From tube +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty.be/
Verb
tuber
- to make into a tube shape
- to put into a tube
Conjugation
Further reading
- “tuber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- brute, buter, rebut
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *t??os, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh?- (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?tu?.ber/, [?t?u?b?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?tu.ber/, [?t?u?b?r]
Noun
t?ber n (genitive t?beris); third declension
- a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
- the cyclamen or other similar plants with tuberous roots
- a truffle (any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See tubus
Alternative forms
- tubur
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?tu.ber/, [?t??b?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?tu.ber/, [?t?u?b?r]
Noun
tuber m or f (genitive tuberis); third declension
- (usually feminine) a kind of tree or bush of foreign origin, possibly the azarole (Crataegus azarolus)
- (usually masculine) the fruit of the above tree
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- tuber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tuber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tuber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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