axon
See also: Axon, axón, and àxon
English
Alternative forms
- axone (dated)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”).
Noun
axon (plural axons)
- (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
Hypernyms
- (nerve fibre): neuronal process, neurite, nerve fibre
Derived terms
- axonal
- axon hillock
- axonic
- axonopathy
- axotomize
- axotomy
- monaxon
- pioneer axon
Translations
a nerve fibre
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See also
- dendrite
- neurite
- neuron
- synapse
Anagrams
- noxa
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈakson]
Noun
axon m
- axon
Further reading
- axon in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Hungarian
Etymology
From scientific Latin axon, from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒkson]
- Hyphenation: axon
- Rhymes: -on
Noun
axon (plural axonok)
- (cytology) axon (a nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse)
- Synonym: tengelyfonál
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | axon | axonok |
| accusative | axont | axonokat |
| dative | axonnak | axonoknak |
| instrumental | axonnal | axonokkal |
| causal-final | axonért | axonokért |
| translative | axonná | axonokká |
| terminative | axonig | axonokig |
| essive-formal | axonként | axonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | axonban | axonokban |
| superessive | axonon | axonokon |
| adessive | axonnál | axonoknál |
| illative | axonba | axonokba |
| sublative | axonra | axonokra |
| allative | axonhoz | axonokhoz |
| elative | axonból | axonokból |
| delative | axonról | axonokról |
| ablative | axontól | axonoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | axoné | axonoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | axonéi | axonokéi |
| Possessive forms of axon | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | axonom | axonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | axonod | axonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | axonja | axonjai |
| 1st person plural | axonunk | axonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | axonotok | axonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | axonjuk | axonjaik |
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈak.soːn/, [ˈäks̠oːn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈak.son/, [ˈäkson]
Noun
axōn m (genitive axonis); third declension
- a line on a sundial (or its axis)
- the axis of a ballista
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | axōn | axonēs |
| Genitive | axonis | axonum |
| Dative | axonī | axonibus |
| Accusative | axonem | axonēs |
| Ablative | axone | axonibus |
| Vocative | axōn | axonēs |
References
- “axon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- axon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “axon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Romanian
Etymology
From French axone.
Noun
axon m (plural axoni)
- axon
Declension
Declension of axon
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) axon | axonul | (niște) axoni | axonii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) axon | axonului | (unor) axoni | axonilor |
| vocative | axonule | axonilor | ||