cerebrum
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cerebrum, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain; a skull”); see there for more.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛɹɪbɹəm, -iːbɹəm
Noun
cerebrum (plural cerebra or cerebrums)
- (neuroanatomy) The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.
- Synonym: telencephalon
- Holonym: forebrain
- Hyponyms: cerebral hemisphere, cerebral cortex
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
principal part of the brain
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References
- “cerebrum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cerebrum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kerazrom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek κᾰ́ρᾱ (kárā, “a head, face”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈke.re.brum/, [ˈkɛrɛbrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.re.brum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrebrum]
Noun
cerebrum n (genitive cerebrī); second declension
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cerebrum | cerebra |
Genitive | cerebrī | cerebrōrum |
Dative | cerebrō | cerebrīs |
Accusative | cerebrum | cerebra |
Ablative | cerebrō | cerebrīs |
Vocative | cerebrum | cerebra |
Derived terms
- cerebellum (diminutive)
- cerebrālis (adjective)
- cerebrōsus (adjective)
- excerebrō (verb)
Descendants
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- Aromanian: crier
- → Asturian: cerebru
- → Middle English: cerebrum, cerebre, cerrebre, serabrum
- English: cerebrum
- Esperanto: cerbo
- ⇒ French: cérébral
- → English: cerebral
- → Galician: cerebro
- → Ido: cerebro
- → Interlingua: cerebro
- → Italian: cerebro
- → Portuguese: cérebro
- Romanian: creier
- → Spanish: cerebro
- → Turkish: serebrum
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References
- “cerebrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cerebrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cerebrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cerebrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cerebrum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom.
Pronunciation
Noun
cerebrum
Descendants
- English: cerebrum
References
- “cerēbre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “cerēbrum, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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