syringes

English

Etymology 1

See syringe.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĭ-rĭnʹjĭz, IPA(key): /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒɪz/, /ˈsɪɹɪn(d)ʒɪz/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /səˈɹɪnd͡ʒɪz/, /ˈsɪɹɪnd͡ʒɪz/
  • Hyphenation: sy‧ring‧es

Noun

syringes

  1. plural of syringe

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin sȳringes.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĭ-rĭnʹjēz, IPA(key): /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiːz/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /sɪˈɹɪnd͡ʒiz/, /sə-/
  • Hyphenation: sy‧ring‧es

Noun

syringes

  1. plural of syrinx

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

sȳringes f pl (genitive sȳringum); third declension

  1. caverns or subterranean passages
Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative sȳringes
Genitive sȳringum
Dative sȳringibus
Accusative sȳringas
Ablative sȳringibus
Vocative sȳringes

References

  • sȳringes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sȳringes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.:1,535/1

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of sȳrinx.

Noun

sȳringes f

  1. nominative/vocative plural of sȳrinx
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