different between vertebra vs vertebre

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

Alternative forms

• verteber

Etymology

From French vertebre, from Latin vertebra.

Noun

vertebre (plural vertebres)

1. (archaic) A joint of the back.

Anagrams

• verteber

Italian

Noun

vertebre f

1. plural of vertebra

Spanish

Verb

vertebre

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of vertebrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of vertebrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of vertebrar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of vertebrar.