cervix

See also: cérvix

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪks/

Noun

cervix (plural cervixes or cervices)

1. (anatomy) The neck
2. The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
3. The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Derived terms

• cervical

Translations

neck — see neck

lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina

• Arabic: عُنُق اَلرَّحِم‎ m (ʿunuq ar-raḥim)

  Egyptian Arabic: عنق الرحم‎ m (ʕunuq er-raḥem)

• Armenian: արգանդի վզիկ (argandi vzik)
• Catalan: cèrvix f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宮頸 (zh), 子宫颈 (zh) (zǐgōngjǐng)

• Czech: děložní čípek m
• Dutch: baarmoederhals (nl) f, cervix (nl) m
• Faroese: lívmóðurhálsur m
• Finnish: kohdunkaula (fi)
• French: col de l'utérus (fr) m
• German: Cervix uteri f, Cervix f, Zervix f
• Greek: τράχηλος (el) m (tráchilos)
• Hindi: ग्रीवा (hi) f (grīvā)
• Hungarian: méhnyak (hu)
• Ido: cervixo
• Irish: ceirbheacs m

• Italian: cervice (it) f, collo dell'utero m
• Japanese: 子宮頸部 (しきゅうけいぶ, shikyū keibu)
• Latvian: dzemdes kakls m
• Maori: waha kōpū
• Marathi: योनिमार्ग m (yonimarga), ग्रीवा (mr) f (grīvā)
• Mongolian: умайн хүзүү (umajn hüzüü)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: livmorhals m

  Nynorsk: livmorhals m

• Portuguese: cérvice f, cérvix (pt) f
• Russian: ше́йка ма́тки (ru) f (šéjka mátki)
• Slovene: maternični vrat m
• Spanish: cérvix m
• Swedish: livmoderhals (sv) c
• Tagalog: liig-liigan
• Turkish: serviks (tr)
• Welsh: mwnwgl y groth m, serfics m

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cervīx, see below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.vɪks/

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Noun

cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n)

1. neck
2. The cervix between the uterus and the vagina.

Synonyms

• (neck): nek, hals
• (uterus portion): baarmoederhals

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”) and *weyk- (“to bend”), "where the head turns", whence cerebrum and vinciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈker.wiːks/, [ˈkɛr.wiːks]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.viks/

Noun

cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension

1. (anatomy) The neck of a person or animal.
2. (by extension) The neck of an object (e.g. bottle).
3. (figuratively) Boldness, headstrong behavior.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cervīx	cervīcēs
Genitive	cervīcis	cervīcum
Dative	cervīcī	cervīcibus
Accusative	cervīcem	cervīcēs
Ablative	cervīce	cervīcibus
Vocative	cervīx	cervīcēs

Synonyms

• (neck): collum

Derived terms

• cervīcal
• cervīcātus
• cervīcōsus
• cervīcula

Descendants

• Catalan: cèrvix (borrowed)
• Dutch: cervix (borrowed)
• English: cervix (borrowed)
• Italian: cervice
• Old Catalan: serviu

• Old Occitan: cervitz
• Portuguese: cerviz, cérvice (borrowed), cérvix (borrowed)
• Romanian: cerbice, cervix (borrowed)
• Spanish: cerviz, cérvix (borrowed)

References

• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cervix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cervix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to break a person's neck: cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuius
    
  • a sword hangs over his neck: gladius cervicibus impendet
    
  • the foe is at our heels, is upon us: hostis in cervicibus alicuius est
    
  • to shake off the yoke of slavery: iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)