urethra
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /jʊˈɹiːθɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editurethra (plural urethras or urethrae)
- (anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
Hypernyms
edit- urogenital sinus - embryological precursor
Derived terms
editTranslations
editanatomical tube
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See also
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin ūrēthra, from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editurethra f (plural urethrae or urethra's)
- urethra
- Synonyms: urinebuis, urinekanaal, urineleider
Derived terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uːˈreː.tʰra/, [uːˈreːt̪ʰrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈre.tra/, [uˈrɛːt̪rä]
Noun
editūrēthra f (genitive ūrēthrae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ūrēthra | ūrēthrae |
genitive | ūrēthrae | ūrēthrārum |
dative | ūrēthrae | ūrēthrīs |
accusative | ūrēthram | ūrēthrās |
ablative | ūrēthrā | ūrēthrīs |
vocative | ūrēthra | ūrēthrae |
References
edit- “urethra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- urethra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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