chalaza

chalaza

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hailstone, lump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈleɪzə/

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Noun

chalaza (plural chalazas or chalazae)

1. (botany) The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.
2. (zoology) One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.

Synonyms

• cicatricula
• kenning (obsolete, rare)
• tread, treadle

Derived terms

• chalazal

Related terms

• chalazion

Translations

zoology: spiral band

Catalan: calaza f Chinese: Cantonese: 卵帶 (leon5 daai3) Dutch: hagelsnoer (nl) m or f Finnish: valkuaisnuora, valkuaisside French: chalaze (fr) f German: Hagelschnur f, Chalaza f Korean: 난대 (nandae) Portuguese: calaza f Spanish: chalaza f

botany: location

Catalan: calaza f Finnish: kalatsa Portuguese: calaza f Spanish: chalaza f

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlɑtsɑ/, [ˈkɑlɑts̠ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑtsɑ
• Syllabification^(key): cha‧la‧za

Noun

chalaza

1. (zoology, botany) Alternative form of kalatsa.

Declension

Inflection of chalaza (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		chalaza	chalazat
genitive		chalazan	chalazojen
partitive		chalazaa	chalazoja
illative		chalazaan	chalazoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		chalaza	chalazat
accusative	nom.	chalaza	chalazat
	gen.	chalazan
genitive		chalazan	chalazojen chalazainrare
partitive		chalazaa	chalazoja
inessive		chalazassa	chalazoissa
elative		chalazasta	chalazoista
illative		chalazaan	chalazoihin
adessive		chalazalla	chalazoilla
ablative		chalazalta	chalazoilta
allative		chalazalle	chalazoille
essive		chalazana	chalazoina
translative		chalazaksi	chalazoiksi
instructive		—	chalazoin
abessive		chalazatta	chalazoitta
comitative		—	chalazoineen

Possessive forms of chalaza (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	chalazani	chalazamme
2nd person	chalazasi	chalazanne
3rd person	chalazansa

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάλαζα (khálaza, “hailstone, lump”).

Noun

chalaza f (plural chalazas)

1. (zoology, botany) chalaza

Further reading

• “chalaza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014