cerumen
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See also: cérumen
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin caerūmen, from cera + -men. The appearance of the u is unexplained, but may have been influenced by words like albūmen and bitūmen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cerumen (uncountable)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]earwax — see earwax
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin caerūmen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cerumen m (uncountable)
- earwax
- Synonym: cera de les orelles
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cerumen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French cérumen, from Latin cerumen.
Noun
[edit]cerumen n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit] declension of cerumen (singular only)
singular | ||
---|---|---|
n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) cerumen | cerumenul |
genitive/dative | (unui) cerumen | cerumenului |
vocative | cerumenule |
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈɾumen/ [θeˈɾu.mẽn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈɾumen/ [seˈɾu.mẽn]
- Rhymes: -umen
- Syllabification: ce‧ru‧men
Noun
[edit]cerumen m (plural cerumenes)
Further reading
[edit]- “cerumen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/uːmɛn
- Rhymes:English/uːmɛn/3 syllables
- Rhymes:English/uːmən
- Rhymes:English/uːmən/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Bodily fluids
- Catalan terms borrowed from Medieval Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan uncountable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Bodily fluids
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/umen
- Rhymes:Spanish/umen/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Bodily fluids