cervix

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Inflection 3.3.2 Synonyms 3.3.3 Derived terms 3.3.4 Descendants 3.4 References

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Latin cervīx (“‘neck’”), cfr. infra.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɜː.vɪks/, SAMPA: /"s3:.vIks/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɝ.vɪks/, SAMPA: /"s3`.vIks/

[edit] Noun

cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)

1. (anatomy) The neck
2. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
3. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

[edit] Derived terms

• cervical

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Dutch

From Latin cervīx, cfr. infra.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛr.vɪks/

[edit] Noun

cervix m. (plural cervices or cervixen, diminutive cervixje)

1. (anatomy) The neck, cervix
2. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

[edit] Synonyms

• (neck) nek, hals
• (uterus portion) baarmoederhals

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Presumably from cerebrum 'head' + cingere 'to bind, join'

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈker.wiːks/

[edit] Noun

cervīx (genitive cervīcis); f, third declension

1. The neck of a person or animal
2. (by extension) The neck of an objects (e.g. bottle)
3. (figuratively) Boldness, headstrong behavior

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cervīx	cervīcēs
genitive	cervīcis	cervīcum
dative	cervīcī	cervīcibus
accusative	cervīcem	cervīcēs
ablative	cervīce	cervīcibus
vocative	cervīx	cervīcēs

[edit] Synonyms

• (neck): collum n.

[edit] Derived terms

• cervīcal
• cervīcātus
• cervīcōsus
• cervīcula

[edit] Descendants

• English: cervix

[edit] References

• “cervix” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)