axon

See also: Axon, axón, and àxon

English

Alternative forms

• axone (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”).

Noun

axon (plural axons)

1. (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.

Derived terms

• axonal
• axonic
• axonopathy
• axotomize
• axotomy

 

Translations

a nerve fibre

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: àxon (ca) m, axó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軸突／轴突 (zh) (zhóutū), 轴突 (zh) (zhóutū)

• Czech: axon m
• Dutch: axon (nl) n
• Finnish: aksoni (fi), viejähaarake
• French: axone (fr) m
• German: Axon (de) n
• Greek: άξων (el) m (áxon)
• Hindi: अक्षतंतु m (akṣatantu)
• Hungarian: axon (hu)
• Indonesian: akson (id)
• Irish: néarshnáithín m, acsón m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: assone (it) m
• Japanese: 軸索 (じくさく, jikusaku)
• Malay: akson
• Marathi: अक्षतंतु m (akṣatantu)
• Polish: akson (pl) m
• Portuguese: axónio m (Portugal), axônio m (Brazil)
• Romanian: axon (ro) m
• Russian: аксо́н (ru) m (aksón)
• Spanish: axón (es) m, cilindroeje m, neurita f
• Swedish: axon (sv) n, nervfiber (sv) ?
• Tagalog: sulid ng dagandam
• Turkish: akson (tr)

See also

• dendrite
• neurite
• neuron
• synapse

 

Anagrams

• noxa

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈakson]

Noun

1. axon

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA

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Hungarian

Etymology

From scientific Latin axon, from Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒkson]
• Hyphenation: axon

Noun

axon (plural axonok)

1. (cytology) axon (a nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse)

   Synonym: tengelyfonál

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	axon	axonok
accusative	axont	axonokat
dative	axonnak	axonoknak
instrumental	axonnal	axonokkal
causal-final	axonért	axonokért
translative	axonná	axonokká
terminative	axonig	axonokig
essive-formal	axonként	axonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	axonban	axonokban
superessive	axonon	axonokon
adessive	axonnál	axonoknál
illative	axonba	axonokba
sublative	axonra	axonokra
allative	axonhoz	axonokhoz
elative	axonból	axonokból
delative	axonról	axonokról
ablative	axontól	axonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	axoné	axonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	axonéi	axonokéi

Possessive forms of axon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	axonom	axonjaim
2nd person sing.	axonod	axonjaid
3rd person sing.	axonja	axonjai
1st person plural	axonunk	axonjaink
2nd person plural	axonotok	axonjaitok
3rd person plural	axonjuk	axonjaik

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈak.son/, [ˈäks̠ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.son/, [ˈäkson]

Noun

axon m (genitive axonis); third declension

1. a line on a sundial (or its axis)
2. the axis of a ballista

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	axon	axonēs
Genitive	axonis	axonum
Dative	axonī	axonibus
Accusative	axonem	axonēs
Ablative	axone	axonibus
Vocative	axon	axonēs

References

• “axon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• axon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “axon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly