infundibulum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infundibulum (“funnel”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪbjʊləm

Noun

infundibulum (plural infundibula)

1. (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity or organ.

   Synonym: choana

Related terms

• infundibular

Translations

a funnel-shaped cavity or organ

• Greek:

  Ancient: χοάνη f (khoánē)

• Ottoman Turkish: قمع (kamʿ)
• Spanish: infundíbulo m

French

Etymology

From Latin īnfundibulum.

Noun

infundibulum m (plural infundibulums)

1. (anatomy) infundibulum

Derived terms

• infundibulaire

Further reading

• “infundibulum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From īnfund(i) (“to pour in or upon”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.funˈdi.bu.lum/, [ĩːfʊn̪ˈd̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.funˈdi.bu.lum/, [iɱfun̪ˈd̪iːbulum]

Noun

īnfundibulum n (genitive īnfundibulī); second declension

1. funnel (for pouring liquids)
2. hopper (in mill)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnfundibulum	īnfundibula
Genitive	īnfundibulī	īnfundibulōrum
Dative	īnfundibulō	īnfundibulīs
Accusative	īnfundibulum	īnfundibula
Ablative	īnfundibulō	īnfundibulīs
Vocative	īnfundibulum	īnfundibula

Descendants

• Catalan: infundíbul
• French: infundibulum
• Galician: infundíbulo
• Italian: infundibolo
• Portuguese: infundíbulo
• Spanish: infundíbulo

References

• “infundibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• infundibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “infundibulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers