humerus

humerus

See also: humérus

English

Etymology

From Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hyo͞o'mərəs, IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːməɹəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːməɹɪs/
• Homophone: humorous

Noun

humerus (plural humeruses or humeri)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.

Synonyms

• armbone

Translations

bone of the upper arm

Arabic: عَضُد‎ (ar) m (ʿaḍud) Egyptian Arabic: عضد‎ m (ʕaḍud) Bulgarian: раменна кост f (ramenna kost) Catalan: húmer (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 肱骨 (zh) (gōnggǔ) Czech: kost pažní f Danish: overarmsknogle c Dutch: opperarmbeen (nl) Esperanto: humero Finnish: olkaluu (fi) French: humérus (fr) m Galician: úmero (gl) m German: Oberarmknochen (de) m Greek: βραχιόνιο οστό n (vrachiónio ostó) Hungarian: felkarcsont (hu) Italian: omero (it) m Japanese: 上腕骨 (ja) (じょうわんこつ, jōwankotsu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hestiyê baskê, hestiyê bazû Maori: pūkaka, peke Portuguese: úmero (pt) m Russian: плечева́я кость f (plečevája kostʹ) Spanish: húmero (es) m Tagalog: kabiyasan, biyas ng kamay Thai: กระดูกต้นแขน (grà-dùuk-dtôn-kɛ̌ɛn) Vietnamese: xương cánh tay

Further reading

• humerus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhu.me.rus/, [ˈhʊmɛrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈuːmerus]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈʊmɛrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈuːmerus]

Noun

humerus m (genitive humerī); second declension

1. Alternative form of umerus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	humerus	humerī
Genitive	humerī	humerōrum
Dative	humerō	humerīs
Accusative	humerum	humerōs
Ablative	humerō	humerīs
Vocative	humere	humerī

References

• humerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French humérus.

Noun

humerus n (uncountable)

1. humerus

Declension

declension of humerus (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) humerus	humerusul
genitive/dative	(unui) humerus	humerusului
vocative	humerusule