isthmus

English

WOTD – 5 November 2010    

An isthmus (narrow strip of land).

Etymology

Via Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ἰσθμός (isthmos, “neck”). Cognate to Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪs.məs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsməs

Noun

isthmus (plural isthmuses or rare isthmi)

1. A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
2. (anatomy) Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.

Derived terms

• isthmoid

Translations

narrow strip of land

• Arabic: برزخ (ar) (birzakh)
• Armenian: պարանոց (hy) (paranoc’)
• Catalan: istme (ca) m
• Crimean Tatar: boyun
• Czech: převlaka (cs) f, šíje (cs)
• Danish: landtange (da)
• Dutch: landengte (nl), istmus (nl) m
• Faroese: eiði (fo) n, eið (fo) n
• Finnish: kannas (fi)
• French: isthme (fr)
• Georgian: ყელი (ka) (qeli)
• German: Isthmus (de) m, Landenge (de) f, Landbrücke (de) f
• Hindi: स्थलडमरूमध्य (hi) (sthalaḍamarūmadhya)
• Hungarian: földnyelv (hu)
• Indonesian: daratan sempit (id), tanah genting (id)
• Interlingue: istme (ie)
• Italian: istmo (it) m, braccio di terra (it)
• Latin: isthmus (la)

• Lithuanian: są́smauka (lt) f
• Manx: quing hallooin (gv)
• Maori: kūititanga (mi)
• Northern Sami: muotki
• Northern Sotho: molalanaga
• Norwegian: eid (no) n
• Portuguese: istmo (pt) m
• Romanian: istm (ro) n
• Russian: перешеек (ru) (perešéjek) m
• Serbo-Croatian: zemljouz (sh)
• Slovak: úžina (sk) f, šija (sk) f
• Spanish: istmo (es) m
• Swedish: näs (sv) n
• Tatar: muyıntıq (tt) (muyıntıq)
• Ukrainian: перешийок (uk) (perešýjok)
• West Frisian: lâningte (fy)

External links

• Isthmus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Noun

isthmus (genitive isthmī); m, second declension

1. isthmus

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	isthmus	isthmī
genitive	isthmī	isthmōrum
dative	isthmō	isthmīs
accusative	isthmum	isthmōs
ablative	isthmō	isthmīs
vocative	isthme	isthmī

Usage notes

• Capitalised, it refers to the Isthmus of Corinth.