vomer

See also: vómer, vòmer, and vômer

English

WOTD – 9 August 2010

Etymology

From Latin vōmer (ploughshare).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvoʊmə(ɹ)/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oʊmə(ɹ)

Noun

vomer (plural vomers)

  1. (anatomy) The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vōmer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔ.mɛʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

vomer m (plural vomers)

  1. vomer, vomer bone

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (to move).

Pronunciation

Noun

vōmer m (genitive vōmeris); third declension

  1. ploughshare
    vomere findere terrasto cleave the earth by plow
  2. (informal) penis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vōmer vōmerēs
Genitive vōmeris vōmerum
Dative vōmerī vōmeribus
Accusative vōmerem vōmerēs
Ablative vōmere vōmeribus
Vocative vōmer vōmerēs

Derived terms

  • vōmeronāsālis

Descendants

  • Aragonese: huembre
  • Aromanian: vomirã
  • Catalan: vòmer
  • English: vomer
  • French: vomer
  • Italian: vomere
  • Portuguese: vómer
  • Sicilian: vòmmiru

References

  • vomer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vomer in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • vomer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vomer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vomer.

Noun

vomer n (plural vomere)

  1. vomer, vomer bone

Declension

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