cranium

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Medieval Latin crānium (“skull”), from Ancient Greek κρανίον (kranion, “skull”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

Noun

cranium (plural craniums or crania)

1. The skull of a vertebrate.
2. That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.

Derived terms

• cranial
• cranially
• hemicrania
• hemicraniectomy
• hemicraniotomy

Translations

skull

Armenian: գանգ (hy) (gang) Bulgarian: череп (bg) m. Catalan: crani (ca) m. Czech: lebka (cs) f. Esperanto: kranio (eo)

Finnish: kallo (fi), pääkoppa (fi) German: Schädel (de) m., Kranium (de) n. Italian: cranio (it) m. Romanian: craniu (ro) n. Scottish Gaelic: claigeann (gd) m. Volapük: kran (vo)

braincase

Bulgarian: черепна кутия (bg) Czech: mozkovna (cs) f. Finnish: aivokoppa (fi), pääkoppa (fi)

German: Hirnschädel (de) m., Hirnschale (de) f. Italian: cranio (it) m. Scottish Gaelic: claigeann (gd) m.

Anagrams

• Murcian

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Latin

Etymology

Renaissance Latin, from Ancient Greek κρανίον (kranion, “skull”).

Noun

crānium (genitive crāniī); n, second declension

1. skull

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	crānium	crānia
genitive	crāniī	crāniōrum
dative	crāniō	crāniīs
accusative	crānium	crānia
ablative	crāniō	crāniīs
vocative	crānium	crānia

Descendants

English: cranium French: crâne Italian: cranio

Portuguese: crânio Romanian: craniu Spanish: cráneo