mandibula
See also: mandíbula
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə
Noun
mandibula (plural mandibulae)
- Obsolete form of mandible.
References
- “mandibula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English mandible), ultimately from Late Latin mandibula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑndibulɑ/, [ˈmɑndiˌbulɑ]
- Rhymes: -ulɑ
- Syllabification(key): man‧di‧bu‧la
Noun
mandibula
- mandible
Declension
| Inflection of mandibula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mandibula | mandibulat | |
| genitive | mandibulan | mandibulojen | |
| partitive | mandibulaa | mandibuloja | |
| illative | mandibulaan | mandibuloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mandibula | mandibulat | |
| accusative | nom. | mandibula | mandibulat |
| gen. | mandibulan | ||
| genitive | mandibulan | mandibulojen mandibulainrare | |
| partitive | mandibulaa | mandibuloja | |
| inessive | mandibulassa | mandibuloissa | |
| elative | mandibulasta | mandibuloista | |
| illative | mandibulaan | mandibuloihin | |
| adessive | mandibulalla | mandibuloilla | |
| ablative | mandibulalta | mandibuloilta | |
| allative | mandibulalle | mandibuloille | |
| essive | mandibulana | mandibuloina | |
| translative | mandibulaksi | mandibuloiksi | |
| instructive | — | mandibuloin | |
| abessive | mandibulatta | mandibuloitta | |
| comitative | — | mandibuloineen | |
| Possessive forms of mandibula (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | mandibulani | mandibulamme |
| 2nd person | mandibulasi | mandibulanne |
| 3rd person | mandibulansa | |
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /manˈdi.bu.la/, [män̪ˈd̪ɪbʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /manˈdi.bu.la/, [män̪ˈd̪iːbulä]
Etymology 1
From mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix).
Alternative forms
- mandibulum
Noun
mandibula f (genitive mandibulae); first declension (Late Latin)
- a jaw
Inflection
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mandibula | mandibulae |
| Genitive | mandibulae | mandibulārum |
| Dative | mandibulae | mandibulīs |
| Accusative | mandibulam | mandibulās |
| Ablative | mandibulā | mandibulīs |
| Vocative | mandibula | mandibulae |
Descendants
Descendants of mandibula in other languages
- → Catalan: mandíbula
- → English: mandibula
- → French: mandibule
- → Galician: mandíbula
- → Italian: mandibola
- Middle English:
- English: mandible
- → Portuguese: mandíbula
- → Romanian: mandibulă
- → Spanish: mandíbula
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
mandibula n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mandibulum
References
- “mandibula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mandibula 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)
- mandibula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette