palpebra
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See also: pálpebra
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”). Compare Middle English palpebre.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpal.pɪb.ɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæl.pəb.ɹə/, /pælˈpi.bɹə/
- Rhymes: -iːbɹə
Noun[edit]
palpebra (plural palpebrae or (archaic) palpebræ)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “palpebra”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “palpebra”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [pəlˈpe.βɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pəlˈpe.bɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [palˈpe.bɾa]
Noun[edit]
palpebra f (plural palpebres)
- Alternative form of parpella
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
palpebra (plural palpebras)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin palpebra (“eyelid”), from palpō (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
palpebra f (plural palpebre)
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/, [ˈpäɫ̪pɛbrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/, [ˈpälpebrä]
Etymology 1[edit]
From palpō (“to touch softly; to caress, flatter”) + -bra (instrumental noun suffix).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
palpebra f (genitive palpebrae); first declension
- (literal, usually in the plural) an eyelid
- Synonym: cilium
- (transferred sense, in the plural)
- eyelashes
- Synonym: (Medieval Latin) cilia
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) the eyes
- Synonym: oculī
- eyelashes
Inflection[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | palpebra | palpebrae |
Genitive | palpebrae | palpebrārum |
Dative | palpebrae | palpebrīs |
Accusative | palpebram | palpebrās |
Ablative | palpebrā | palpebrīs |
Vocative | palpebra | palpebrae |
Derived terms[edit]
- palpebrālis (adjective)
- palpebrāris (adjective)
- palpebrō (verb)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants of palpebra in other languages
- Asturian: párpagu, párpadu
- Catalan: parpella, palpebra, parpre
- → English: palpebra
- → Esperanto: palpebro
- French: paupière
- Friulian: palpiere
- Galician: perfeba, perceba, prefreba, → pálpebra
- → Ido: palpebro
- → Interlingua: palpebra
- → Italian: palpebra
- → Middle English: palpebre
- → Portuguese: pálpebra
- Sicilian: pàrpitra
- Spanish: párpado, → pálpebra
- Venetian: palpiera, palpera
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
palpebra n
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “palpebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palpebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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