cerebellum

English

Noun

Wikipedia cerebellum (plural cerebellums or cerebella)

1. (neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the cerebrum. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.

Holonyms

• hindbrain

Translations

part of the hindbrain in vertebrates

Arabic: مخيخ (ar) (mukhaykh) m. Bulgarian: малък мозък (bg) Catalan: cerebel (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 小腦 (zh), 小脑 (zh) (xiǎonǎo) Czech: mozeček (cs) m. Danish: lillehjerne (da) Dutch: kleine hersenen (nl) pl. Finnish: pikkuaivot (fi) pl. French: cervelet (fr) m. German: Kleinhirn (de) m. Greek: παρεγκεφαλίς (el) (paregkefalís) f. Hebrew: המוח הקטן Hungarian: kisagy (hu)

Italian: cervelletto (it) m. Japanese: 小脳 (ja) (しょうのう, shōnō) Korean: 소뇌 (ko) (sonoe) (小腦 (ko)) Norwegian: Bokmål: lillehjerne Nynorsk: veslehjerne Polish: móżdżek (pl) m. Romanian: cerebel (ro), creieraș (ro) Russian: мозжечок (ru) (mozžečók) m. Sicilian: midudda f. Spanish: cerebelo (es) m. Turkish: beyincik Vietnamese: thuộc não (vi)

Derived terms

• cerebellar

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Latin

Etymology

From cerebrum (“brain”).

Noun

cerebellum (genitive cerebellī); n, second declension

1. brain, little brain
2. seat of senses, intellect

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cerebellum	cerebella
genitive	cerebellī	cerebellōrum
dative	cerebellō	cerebellīs
accusative	cerebellum	cerebella
ablative	cerebellō	cerebellīs
vocative	cerebellum	cerebella

Descendants

Aromanian: crier Catalan: cervell, cerebel Dalmatian: carviale English: cerebellum (loanword) French: cerveau, cervelle Italian: cervello, cerebellare

Occitan: cervèl Portuguese: cerebelo Romanian: creier, cerebel Sicilian: ciriveddu Spanish: cerebelo Venetian: serveło