placenta
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin placenta uterina (“uterine cake”), from Latin placenta (“flat cake”), because of the flat round shape of the afterbirth.
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placenta (plural placentae or placentas)
- (anatomy) A vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
- (botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.
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Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, accusative of πλακόεις (“flat”).
Noun[edit]
placenta f (plural placentes)
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, accusative of πλακόεις (“flat”).
Noun[edit]
placenta f (plural placentes)
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
placenta f
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, accusative of πλακόεις (“flat”).
Noun[edit]
placenta f (plural placentas)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, accusative of πλακόεις (“flat”).
Noun[edit]
placenta f (plural placente)
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, accusative of πλακόεις (“flat”).
Noun[edit]
placenta (genitive placentae); f, first declension
placentā f
- ablative singular of placenta
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | placenta | placentae |
| genitive | placentae | placentārum |
| dative | placentae | placentīs |
| accusative | placentam | placentās |
| ablative | placentā | placentīs |
| vocative | placenta | placentae |
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, accusative of πλακόεις (“flat”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /pla.ˈsẽ.tɐ/
Noun[edit]
placenta f (plural placentas)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /plǎtseːnta/
- Hyphenation: pla‧cen‧ta
Noun[edit]
plàcēnta f (Cyrillic spelling пла̀це̄нта)
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | plàcēnta | placente |
| genitive | placente | plàcenātā/plàcēntī |
| dative | placenti | placentama |
| accusative | placentu | placente |
| vocative | placento | placente |
| locative | placenti | placentama |
| instrumental | placentom | placentama |
Synonyms[edit]
- (placenta): pȍsteljica
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, accusative of πλακόεις (“flat”).
Noun[edit]
placenta f (plural placentas)
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
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- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- ast:Anatomy
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- ca:Anatomy
- ca:Botany
- Czech feminine nouns
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- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- gl:Anatomy
- gl:Botany
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- it:Anatomy
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- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
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- pt:Anatomy
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- Serbo-Croatian nouns
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- sh:Anatomy
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- es:Anatomy
- es:Botany
