etmoide
See also: etmóide
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).
Noun
etmoide m (plural etmoides)
- (anatomy) the ethmoid bone
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “a strainer, colander, sieve”), from ἤθειν (ḗthein, “to sift, strain”).
Noun
etmoide m (plural etmoidi)
- (anatomy) ethmoid
- Synonym: osso etmoide
Related terms
- etmoidale
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- ethmoide (obsolete)
- etmóide (pre-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.t͡ʃiˈmɔj.d͡ʒi/ [e.t͡ʃiˈmɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi], /et͡ʃˈmɔj.d͡ʒi/ [et͡ʃˈmɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /et͡ʃˈmɔj.de/ [et͡ʃˈmɔɪ̯.de], /e.t͡ʃiˈmɔj.de/ [e.t͡ʃiˈmɔɪ̯.de]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɛtˈmɔj.d(ɨ)/ [ɛtˈmɔj.ð(ɨ)]
Noun
etmoide m (plural etmoides)
- (anatomy) ethmoid bone
Hypernyms
- osso
Holonyms
- crânio
Coordinate terms
- occipital, parietal, frontal, temporal, esfenoide
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).
Noun
etmoide m (plural etmoides)
- (anatomy) ethmoid bone
Further reading
- “etmoides”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014