alveolus

alveolus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/, /alˈviː.əl.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ælˈvi.əl.əs/
• Rhymes: -iːələs

Noun

alveolus (plural alveoli)

1. A small cavity or pit.
   1. (anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.

      Synonym: pulmonary alveolus

   2. (anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.

      Synonyms: dental alveolus, tooth socket

   3. (anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
   4. (entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).

Derived terms

• alveolar
• alveolate
• alveoliform
• alveolitis
• alveolo-

 

Translations

anatomy: hollow cavity

Azerbaijani: yuvaq Catalan: alvèol (ca) m Danish: alveole c Finnish: alveoli (fi) German: Alveole (de) f Irish: ailbheolas m Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: sikildanok Maori: miru Norwegian: Bokmål: alveol m Nynorsk: alveol m Persian: آرج‎ (āraj), آره‎ (fa) (āra) Portuguese: alvéolo (pt) m Romanian: alveolă (ro) f Serbo-Croatian: alveola (sh) f Spanish: alvéolo (es) m, alveolo (es) m Thai: เบ้าฟัน (th) (bâo-fan)

small air sac in the lungs

Arabic: حويصلة هوائية‎ (hawysilatan hawayiya) Azerbaijani: yuvaq Bulgarian: алвео́ла (bg) f (alveóla) Catalan: alvèol (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 肺泡 (zh) (fèipào) Czech: plicní sklípek (cs) m Danish: alveole c Finnish: rakkula (fi), keuhkorakkula (fi) French: alvéoles pulmonaires (fr) f pl German: Lungenbläschen (de) n or n pl Greek: κυψελίδα (el) f (kypselída) Hawaiian: nōiki Hebrew: נֹאדִית‎ f Hungarian: alveolus Irish: ailbheolas m Japanese: 肺胞 (ja) (haihō) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: skildanokê hewayê m Maori: miru Norwegian: Bokmål: alveol m Nynorsk: alveol m Polish: pęcherzyk płucny m Portuguese: alvéolo (pt) m Romanian: alveolă (ro) f Russian: альвеола (ru) (alʹveola) Serbo-Croatian: alveola (sh) f Spanish: alvéolo (es) m, alveolo (es) m Swedish: alveol (sv) c, lungblåsa (sv) c Tagalog: supot-hangin Thai: ถุงลม

References

• “alveolus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “alveolus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• alveolus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• alveolus at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English alveolus, from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [al.veˈo.lʊs]
• (common) IPA^(key): [al.feˈo.lʊs]
• Hyphenation: al‧vé‧o‧lus

Noun

alvéolus (first-person possessive alveolusku, second-person possessive alveolusmu, third-person possessive alveolusnya)

1. alveolus,
   1. (anatomy, pulmonology) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
   2. (anatomy, dentistry) A dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides.

Alternative forms

• alveola

Further reading

• “alveolus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Etymology

From alveus (“a hollow, cavity”) +‎ -olus (diminutive nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈu̯e.o.lus/, [äɫ̪ˈu̯eɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈve.o.lus/, [älˈvɛːolus]

Noun

alveolus m (genitive alveolī); second declension

1. Diminutive of alveus:
   1. a small hollow or cavity
   2. a tray, trough, basin
   3. (board games) a small gaming board upon which the dice are thrown
   4. a small channel of a river
   5. (weaving) a weaver's shuttle (from its shape)

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alveolus	alveolī
Genitive	alveolī	alveolōrum
Dative	alveolō	alveolīs
Accusative	alveolum	alveolōs
Ablative	alveolō	alveolīs
Vocative	alveole	alveolī

Derived terms

• alveolātus (adjective)
• alveolāris (adjective)

Related terms

• alveus

Descendants

Descendants of alveolus in other languages

• → Albanian: nullë
• → Catalan: alvèol
• → English: alveolus
• → French: alvéole
• Irish: ailbheolas
• → Italian: alveolo
• → Portuguese: alvéolo
• → Romanian: alveolă
• → Russian: альвео́ла (alʹveóla)
• → Spanish: alvéolo
• → Venetian: alvèolo, albòl
• Vulgar Latin: *albiolus, *albiola
  • → Italian: albiolo
  • Romanian: albioară

References

• “alveolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “alveolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alveolus 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)
• alveolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• alveolus in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968