uterus

See also: Uterus and utérus

English

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.təɹ.əs/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

1. (anatomy) The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

Synonyms

• matrix (now archaic)
• metra
• womb

Derived terms

• uterine
• corpus uteri

Related terms

• hystera
• hysteria
• hysterectomy
• in utero

Descendants

• → Czech: uterus
• → Indonesian: uterus

Translations

womb — see womb

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “uterus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “uterus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• suture

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Czech

Alternative forms

• uter

Etymology

From English uterus, from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈutɛrus]
• Hyphenation: ute‧rus

Noun

uterus m inan

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonym: děloha

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English uterus, from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊtɛrʊs]
• Hyphenation: utè‧rus

Noun

uterus (first-person possessive uterusku, second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)

1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

Related terms

• saudara (“sibling”, literally “from the same womb”)

 

Further reading

• “uterus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• uterum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈʊt̪ɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈuːt̪erus]

Noun

uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
2. fetus, newborn
3. belly, paunch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uterus	uterī
Genitive	uterī	uterōrum
Dative	uterō	uterīs
Accusative	uterum	uterōs
Ablative	uterō	uterīs
Vocative	utere	uterī

Related terms

• uterculus
• uterīnus

Descendants

• Catalan: úter
• English: uterus
  • → Czech: uterus
  • → Indonesian: uterus
• French: utérus
• Galician: útero
• Interlingua: utero
• Italian: utero
• Malay: uterus
• Piedmontese: ùter/üter
• Portuguese: útero
• Romanian: uter
• Sicilian: ùtiru
• Spanish: útero
• → Turkish: uterus

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “uterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• uterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Malay

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utərus/

Noun

uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)

1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

Synonyms

• peranakan
• kandung
• kandungan
• rahim

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈte.ɾus/
• Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

Noun

uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uterus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük