fontanelle
English
Diagram of the top view of a baby's head, showing the fontanelle in the center.
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle, diminutive of fontaine (“fountain, spring”).
Noun
fontanelle (plural fontanelles)
- (anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
- (music) A structural component of some woodwind instruments, such as recorders and shawms, resembling a barrel with holes bored into it, designed to protect the keywork and to allow the sound to project.
Synonyms
Translations
soft spot on a baby's head
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Further reading
fontanelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Old French fontenelle.
Further reading
- “fontanelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fon.taˈnɛl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛlle
- Hyphenation: fon‧ta‧nèl‧le
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