alveolus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/, /alˈviː.əl.əs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ælˈvi.əl.əs/
- Rhymes: -iːələs
Noun
alveolus (plural alveoli)
- A small cavity or pit.
- (anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
- Synonym: pulmonary alveolus
- (anatomy, dentistry) The bony socket in which the root of a tooth resides.
- Synonyms: dental alveolus, tooth socket
- (anatomy) An acinus (saclike cavity) in a gland.
- (entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).
- (anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
Translations
anatomy: hollow cavity
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small air sac in the lungs
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References
- “alveolus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “alveolus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “alveolus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “alveolus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Indonesian
Etymology
From English alveolus, from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [al.veˈo.lʊs]
- (common) IPA(key): [al.feˈo.lʊs]
- Hyphenation: al‧vé‧o‧lus
Noun
alvéolus (first-person possessive alveolusku, second-person possessive alveolusmu, third-person possessive alveolusnya)
- alveolus,
- (anatomy, pulmonology) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.
- (anatomy, dentistry) A dental alveolus (tooth socket): the socket in which a tooth resides.
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “alveolus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈu̯e.o.lus/, [äɫ̪ˈu̯eɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈve.o.lus/, [älˈvɛːolus]
Noun
alveolus m (genitive alveolī); second declension
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | alveolus | alveolī |
Genitive | alveolī | alveolōrum |
Dative | alveolō | alveolīs |
Accusative | alveolum | alveolōs |
Ablative | alveolō | alveolīs |
Vocative | alveole | alveolī |
Derived terms
- alveolātus (adjective)
- alveolāris (adjective)
Related terms
Descendants
Descendants of alveolus in other languages
References
- “alveolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alveolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alveolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- alveolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- alveolus in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968
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