different between vertebra vs centrum

English

Etymology

From Latin vertebra (“joint”), from vertere (“to turn”). Having multiple vertebrae (plural of vertebra) in one's backbone instead of having a single bone or solid spine, allows for the movement of the body with bends and turns. Hence meaning 1.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v??t?b??/

Noun

vertebra (plural vertebræ or vertebrae or vertebras)

1. Any of the small bones which make up the backbone.

Synonyms

• spondyle (rare)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• coccyx

Further reading

• vertebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto

Adjective

vertebra (accusative singular vertebran, plural vertebraj, accusative plural vertebrajn)

1. vertebrate

Antonyms

• malvertebra (“invertebrate”)

Hypernyms

• ?ordohava, ?ordula (“chordate”)

Related terms

• vertebro (“a vertebrate”)

Interlingua

Noun

vertebra (plural vertebras)

1. vertebra

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vertebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?r.te.bra/

Noun

vertebra f (plural vertebre)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

Related terms

• vertebra cervicale
• vertebrale
• vertebra lombare
• vertebrato
• vertebra toracica

Anagrams

• tra breve

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From vert(?) (“to turn”) +? -bra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?er.te.bra/, [?u??rt??b?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ver.te.bra/, [?v?rt??b??]

Noun

vertebra f (genitive vertebrae); first declension

1. joint
2. (anatomy) vertebra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: vertebra
• French: vertèbre
• Galician: vértebra
• Irish: veirteabra
• Italian: vertebra
• Portuguese: vértebra
• Spanish: vértebra

References

• vertebra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vertebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertebra.

Noun

vertebra f (genitive singular vertebra, plural vertebraghyn)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

Synonyms

• junt craue-drommey

Derived terms

• vertebragh (“vertebrate, vertebral”)

Spanish

Verb

vertebra

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of vertebrar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of vertebrar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of vertebrar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum. Doublet of centre / center.

Noun

centrum (plural centra)

1. A center.
2. (anatomy)
   1. The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
   2. The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
3. (seismology) The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.

Derived terms

• intercentrum
• pleurocentrum

Czech

Etymology

From Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ?????? (kenté?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?ntrum]

Noun

centrum n

1. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)

   Synonym: st?ed

   Antonyms: okraj, periferie

2. center (US); centre (UK) (place where activity occurs)

   Synonym: st?edisko

Declension

Derived terms

• zdravotní centrum
• nákupní centrum

Related terms

Further reading

• centrum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• centrum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.tr?m/
• Hyphenation: cen?trum

Noun

centrum n (plural centra or centrums, diminutive centrumpje n)

1. center (US); centre (UK) (e.g. of activity)
2. (geometry) center (US), centre (UK)
3. city centre

   Synonyms: binnenstad, stadscentrum, stadshart, stadskern

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: sentra (from plural form)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?ntrum]
• Hyphenation: cent?rum
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

centrum (plural centrumok)

1. center (US); centre (UK) (the middle of)
2. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)
3. center (US); centre (UK) (of an activity)
4. (geometry) center (US); centre (UK)
5. (politics) the Center (US); Centre (UK)

Declension

Related terms

• centrális

See also

• center

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron, “sharp point”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ken.trum/, [?k?n?t?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??en.trum/, [?t???n?t??um]

Noun

centrum n (genitive centr?); second declension

1. center (US); centre (UK)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• centr?lis

Descendants

References

• centrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• centrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• centrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron, “centre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?s?n.trum/

Noun

centrum n

1. center (US); centre (UK) (of a city)
2. center (US); centre (UK) (the middle part of)
3. center (US); centre (UK) (of an activity)
4. (politics) the Center (US); Centre (UK)

Declension

Synonyms

• (middle): ?rodek

Further reading

• centrum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

centrum c

1. center (US); centre (UK); the middle of something
2. center (US); centre (UK); place where a function or activity occurs
3. the central areas of a city or a suburb

Usage notes

• The various declensions are not tied to different meanings of the word, only a sign of the bewilderness of how best to fit this Latin word into Swedish.
• Swedish uses centrum for the shops at the centre of a suburb (Farsta) or small and medium-sized town (Uppsala), while the centre of a larger city (Stockholm) is often called city.

Declension

Derived terms

• i händelsernas centrum
• köpcentrum

Related terms

• center
• central
• centrera