suspensor

English

Noun

suspensor (plural suspensors)

  1. (US) An athletic support; a jockstrap
  2. (biology) The cord which suspends the embryo, and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French suspensoir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suspenˈsor/

Noun

suspensór n (plural suspensoare)

  1. jockstrap

Declension

Adjective

suspensor m or n (feminine singular suspensoare, masculine plural suspensori, feminine and neuter plural suspensoare)

  1. suspensory

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suspenˈsoɾ/ [sus.pẽnˈsoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: sus‧pen‧sor

Noun

suspensor m (plural suspensores)

  1. suspender

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