different between wrist vs capitate

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist 'back of hand, instep, withers', Swedish vrist), from *wr?þan? 'to twist, turn'. More at writhe.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?st, IPA^(key): /??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

wrist (plural wrists)

1. (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
2. (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

Derived terms

• wristwatch, wrist watch
• limp-wristed
• wrist-action

Translations

Verb

wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)

1. (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot

See also

• wrist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• writs

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wrest, wryst, virste, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste

Etymology

From Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrist/, /wirst/

Noun

wrist (plural wrystes)

1. wrist (joint attaching the arm to the hand)
2. (rare) The joint at the ankle.

Descendants

• English: wrist
• Scots: wrist
• Yola: wrasth, wraste

References

• “wrist, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.

Old English

Alternative forms

• wyrst

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrist/

Noun

wrist f

1. wrist

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle English: wrist, wrest, wryst, virste, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste
  • English: wrist
  • Scots: wrist
  • Yola: wrasth, wraste

English

Etymology

From Latin capitatus (“having a head”), from caput (“head”).

Adjective

capitate (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Having a distinct globular tip.
2. (botany) Forming a dense, head-like cluster, such as the inflorescences of composites.

Translations

Noun

capitate (plural capitates)

1. (anatomy) The capitate bone of the wrist.

Translations

Verb

capitate (third-person singular simple present capitates, present participle capitating, simple past and past participle capitated)

1. (US, health care) To pay health-care providers using a capitation system.

Italian

Verb

capitate

1. second-person plural present of capitare
2. second-person plural imperative of capitare

Anagrams

• captiate
• patetica

Latin

Adjective

capit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of capit?tus