triceps

triceps

See also: tríceps

English

Etymology

From Latin trīceps (“triple-headed”), from trēs (“three”) + caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪ.seps/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

triceps (plural triceps or tricepses)

1. (anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.
2. (anatomy) Specifically, the triceps brachii.

Synonyms

• (muscle in the arm): triceps brachii, triceps extensor cubiti

Related terms

• biceps
• tricep
• quadriceps

Translations

any muscle having three heads

Arabic: ذَات اَلثَّلَاث رُؤُوسّ‎ f (ḏāt aṯ-ṯalāṯ ruʾūss), مُثَلَّثَة اَلرُّؤُوس‎ f (muṯallaṯat ar-ruʾūs) Egyptian Arabic: تراي‎ f (teraai) Bulgarian: триглав мускул m (triglav muskul) Chinese: Mandarin: 三頭肌／三头肌 (zh) (sāntóujī), 肱三頭肌／肱三头肌 (zh) (gōngsāntóujī) Finnish: kolmipäinen lihas French: triceps (fr) m Galician: tríceps m German: Trizeps (de) m Ido: tricepso (io) Italian: tricipite (it) m Japanese: 三頭筋 (さんとうきん, santōkin) Korean: 삼두근 (ko) (samdugeun) Maori: uatoru Portuguese: tríceps (pt) m Russian: три́цепс (ru) m (tríceps) Swedish: triceps c

triceps brachii — see triceps brachii

Anagrams

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triceps (“three-headed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.sɛps/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: tri‧ceps
• Rhymes: -isɛps

Noun

triceps m (plural tricepsen)

1. triceps brachii

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *triskaputis. Equivalent to trēs (“three”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.keps/, [ˈt̪rɪkɛps̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈt̪riːt͡ʃeps]

Adjective

triceps (genitive tricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. triple-headed, having three heads
2. divided into three parts
   • 1504, Gregor Reisch, Margarita Philosophica‎, Strasbourg, page titular:

     Philosophia triceps: naturalis, rationalis, moralis.

     Tripartite philosophy: natural, rational, moral.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	triceps			tricipitēs	tricipitia
Genitive	tricipitis			tricipitium
Dative	tricipitī			tricipitibus
Accusative	tricipitem	triceps		tricipitēs	tricipitia
Ablative	tricipitī			tricipitibus
Vocative	triceps			tricipitēs	tricipitia

Descendants

• English: triceps
• Galician: tríceps
• Spanish: tríceps

References

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French triceps, from Latin triceps.

Noun

triceps m (plural tricepși)

1. triceps

Declension

Declension of triceps

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) triceps	tricepsul	(niște) tricepși	tricepșii
genitive/dative	(unui) triceps	tricepsului	(unor) tricepși	tricepșilor
vocative	tricepsule		tricepșilor

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Spanish

Noun

triceps m (plural triceps)

1. triceps