vomer
English
WOTD – 9 August 2010
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvoʊmə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -oʊmə(ɹ)
Noun
vomer (plural vomers)
- (anatomy) The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.
Translations
vomer bone — see vomer bone
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔ.mɛʁ/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “vomer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯oː.mer/, [ˈu̯oːmɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvo.mer/, [ˈvɔːmer]
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
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
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