-soma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soma"

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Pronunciation

• English: enPR: sō′-mə
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊ.mə/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.mə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊmə
• Russian: IPA^(key): [ˈzomə] (as -зо́ма), IPA^(key): [ˈsomə] (as -со́ма). -зо́ма is the more common transliteration.

Suffix

-soma n (plural -somata)

1. (biology, taxonomy) body

Usage notes

• While the suffix -somata is very infrequently used for pluralizing the names of genera, as using generic names in the plural is often proscribed in professional works, it is often expressed in derived names of higher taxa, such as families, subfamilies, orders, etc.; as well as in specific epithets.

Derived terms

Translingual terms suffixed with -soma

Calosoma

Glyphosoma

Graphosoma

Laniisoma

Lygosoma

Oligosoma

Scaphisoma

Xanthosoma

Italian

Suffix

-soma

1. (chiefly biology, noun combining form) body; -some

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -soma

autosoma

centrosoma

citosoma

cromosoma

episoma

fagosoma

liposoma

lisosoma

perossisoma

schistosoma

Anagrams

• Amos, Mosa, Samo, maso

Spanish

Suffix

-soma

1. -some (body)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -soma

autosoma

centrosoma

fagosoma