vertebra

See also vértebra

English

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Etymology

From Latin vertebra (“joint”), from vertere, "to turn". Having multiple vertebrae (plural of vertebra) in one's backbone instead of having a single bone or solid spine, allows for the movement of the body with bends and turns. Hence meaning 1.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvɜːtɪbɹə/, X-SAMPA: /"v3:tIbr@/

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Noun

vertebra (plural vertebræ or vertebrae or vertebras)

1. Any of the small bones which make up the backbone.

Translations

any of the small bones which make up the backbone

• Arabic: فقرة (ar) (faqara) f

  Egyptian Arabic: فقرة (faqara) f

• Armenian: ող (hy) (oġ) 
• Catalan: vèrtebra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椎骨 (cmn) (zhuīgǔ), 脊椎 (cmn) (jǐzhuī)

• Czech: obratel (cs) m
• Dutch: wervel m, rugwervel m, ruggengraatswervel m
• Finnish: nikama (fi)
• French: vertèbre (fr) m
• Galician: vértebra (gl) f
• German: Wirbel (de) m, Wirbelknochen (de) m
• Greek: σπόνδυλος (el) m (spóndylos)
• Hungarian: csigolya (hu)
• Interlingua: vertebra
• Italian: vertebra (it) f
• Japanese: 椎骨 (ja) (ついこつ, tsuikotsu)
• Korean: 척추 (ko) (cheokchu) (脊椎 (ko))

• Latin: vertebra (la)
• Maori: tangai (mi), tangai (mi)
• Navajo: íígháán
• Norwegian: ryggvirvel (no) m
• Polish: kręg (pl) m
• Portuguese: vértebra (pt) f
• Romanian: vertebră (ro) f
• Russian: позвонок (ru) (pozvonók) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh an droma m, dromaltach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пршљен (sh) m, краљежак (sh) m, краљешак (sh) m

  Roman: pršljen (sh) m, kralježak (sh) m, kralješak (sh) m

• Slovene: vretence (sl) n
• Spanish: vértebra (es) f
• Swedish: ryggkota (sv) c, kota (sv) c
• Turkish: omur (tr)
• Volapük: bäkavireb (vo)
• Walloon: cronzoxh (wa) m

Derived terms

• intervertebral
• vertebrate
• vertebral
• vertebrally

• cervical vertebra
• coccygeal vertebra
• lumbar vertebra
• sacral vertebra
• thoracic vertebra

See also

• coccyx

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Adjective

vertebra (plural vertebraj, accusative singular vertebran, accusative plural vertebrajn)

1. vertebrate

Antonyms

• malvertebra (“invertebrate”)

Hypernyms

• ĥordohava, ĥordula (“chordate”)

Related terms

• vertebro (“a vertebrate”)

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Italian

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Noun

vertebra f (plural vertebre)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

Related terms

• vertebra cervicale
• vertebrale
• vertebra lombare
• vertebrato
• vertebra toracica

Anagrams

• tra breve

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Latin

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Noun

vertebra (genitive vertebrae); f, first declension

1. vertebra

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	vertebra	vertebrae
genitive	vertebrae	vertebrārum
dative	vertebrae	vertebrīs
accusative	vertebram	vertebrās
ablative	vertebrā	vertebrīs
vocative	vertebra	vertebrae

Descendants

• English: vertebra
• Galician: vértebra
• Italian: vertebra
• Portuguese: vértebra
• Spanish: vértebra