valva
See also: válva, välva, vâlvă, and valvă
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valve.
Noun
valva (plural valvae)
- A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈval.va/
- Rhymes: -alva
- Hyphenation: vàl‧va
Noun
valva f (plural valve)
- (anatomy, zoology) valve, half shell
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“I roll”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯al.u̯a/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪u̯ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈval.va/, [ˈvälvä]
Noun
valva f (genitive valvae); first declension
- double or folding door (in plural)
- one leaf of such doors
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | valva | valvae |
| Genitive | valvae | valvārum |
| Dative | valvae | valvīs |
| Accusative | valvam | valvās |
| Ablative | valvā | valvīs |
| Vocative | valva | valvae |
Derived terms
- valvula
- valvularis
- valvulosus
Descendants
- → English: valva
- → Middle English: valve
- English: valve
- → Cantonese: 嘩佬 (waa1 lou2)
- → Japanese: バルブ (barubu)
- → Thai: วาล์ว (waao)
- English: valve
References
- “valva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- valva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
- (ambiguous) to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
- “valva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvaw.vɐ/ [ˈvaʊ̯.vɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvaw.va/ [ˈvaʊ̯.va]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈval.vɐ/ [ˈvaɫ.vɐ]
Noun
valva f (plural valvas)
- (anatomy) valve (membrane which permits passage in one direction)
- Synonym: válvula
Related terms
- válvula
Spanish
Pronunciation
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Noun
valva f (plural valvas)
- (anatomy) valve
Further reading
- “valva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014