different between upsilon vs hyoid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ? ????? (û psilón, “simple ?”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ju?p?sa?.l?n/, /??p.s??l?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?jup.s??l?n/, /??p.s??l?n/, /?up.s??l?n/

Noun

upsilon (plural upsilons or upsila)

1. The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
2. (particle physics) An upsilon meson, or bottomonium.

Synonyms

• (uncommon) ypsilon

Translations

See also

• (Greek letter): Previous: tau, Next: phi

Anagrams

• Poulins, pulsion, unspoil

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ? ????? (û psilón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yp.si.l??/, /yp.si.l?n/

Noun

upsilon m (plural upsilon)

1. upsilon (Greek letter)

Synonyms

• i grec

Further reading

• “upsilon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pulsion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hyoïde, from New Latin hyo?d?s, from Ancient Greek ???????? (h?oeid?s, “shaped like the letter "?"”), from ? (û, “the Greek letter upsilon”) +? -?- (-o-) +? -????? (-eid?s, “-like, -oid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?.??d/
• Rhymes: -a???d

Adjective

hyoid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon; specifically, designating a bone or group of bones supporting the tongue.

Derived terms

Noun

hyoid (plural hyoids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of hyoid bone.

Derived terms

• hyal
• hyoidal
• hyoideal
• hyoidean

References

• “hyoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “hyoid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).