placenta
English
editEtymology
editElision for phrases such as New Latin placenta uterī (“womb cake”), placenta uterina (“uterine cake”), from Latin placenta (“flat cake”), because of the flat round shape of the afterbirth.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplacenta (plural placentae or placentas)
- (anatomy) An organ in most mammals during gestation that supplies food and oxygen to the foetus and passes back waste. It is on the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
- Synonym: afterbirth
- (botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.
- Synonym: (obsolete) trophosperm
Coordinate terms
edit(animalian):
Derived terms
edit- placento- (and derivatives therefrom)
- placenta cake
- placenta praevia
- placental
- placentary
- placentiferous
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Anagrams
editAsturian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).
Noun
editplacenta f (plural placentes)
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplacenta f (plural placentes)
Czech
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta). Doublet of palačinka.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplacenta f (related adjective placentální or placentární)
Declension
editFurther reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editplacenta f (plural placentae or placenta's)
- placenta
- Synonyms: moederkoek, nageboorte
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Indonesian: plasenta
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editplacenta m (plural placentas)
Further reading
edit- “placenta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).
Noun
editplacenta f (plural placentas)
Interlingua
editNoun
editplacenta (plural placentas)
Related terms
editItalian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta, “flat”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplacenta f (plural placente)
Related terms
editAnagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), πλακοῦντα (plakoûnta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis), πλακοῦς (plakoûs, “flat cake”), from πλάξ (pláx, “flat”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /plaˈken.ta/, [pɫ̪äˈkɛn̪t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /plaˈt͡ʃen.ta/, [pläˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪ä]
Noun
editplacenta f (genitive placentae); first declension
- a placenta cake; a round cake with a ribbed base and a convex top with a knob in the middle and a honey and cheese filling.[1]
- a dessert cake of any type
- (New Latin) Ellipsis of placenta uterī: placenta
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | placenta | placentae |
genitive | placentae | placentārum |
dative | placentae | placentīs |
accusative | placentam | placentās |
ablative | placentā | placentīs |
vocative | placenta | placentae |
Quotations
editDescendants
edit(Borrowed through New Latin:)
- → Asturian: placenta
- → Bulgarian: плацента (placenta)
- → Catalan: placenta
- → Czech: placenta
- → Dutch: placenta
- → English: placenta
- → French: placenta
- → Galician: placenta
- → German: Plazenta
- → Italian: placenta
- → Portuguese: placenta
- → Romanian: placentă
- → Russian: плацента (placenta)
- → Spanish: placenta
- → Vilamovian: płoc
Noun
editplacentā
References
edit- ^ C. Grandjouan, Hellenistic Relief Molds from the Athenian Agora (Hesperia Suppl. 23) (1989) 57-67
Further reading
edit- “placenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “placenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- placenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “placenta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Placenta cake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
editplacenta f (plural placentas)
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta). Doublet of palačinka.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplàcēnta f (Cyrillic spelling пла̀це̄нта)
- (anatomy) placenta
- Synonym: pȍsteljica
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | plàcēnta | placente |
genitive | placente | plàcenātā/plàcēntī |
dative | placenti | placentama |
accusative | placentu | placente |
vocative | placento | placente |
locative | placenti | placentama |
instrumental | placentom | placentama |
Further reading
edit- “placenta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
editPronunciation
editNoun
editplacenta f (genitive singular placenty, nominative plural placenty, genitive plural placent, declension pattern of žena)
Further reading
edit- “placenta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /plaˈθenta/ [plaˈθẽn̪.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /plaˈsenta/ [plaˈsẽn̪.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -enta
- Syllabification: pla‧cen‧ta
Noun
editplacenta f (plural placentas)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “placenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Swedish
editNoun
editplacenta c
Declension
editSee also
edit- navelsträng (“umbilical cord”)
References
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