cervix

See also: cérvix

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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: عنق الرحم m (ʕunuq ar-raḥim)

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

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

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

• Czech: čípek (cs) m
• Dutch: baarmoederhals (nl) f, cervix (nl) m
• Finnish: kohdunkaula
• French: col de l'utérus (fr) m
• German: Cervix uteri f, Cervix f, Zervix f
• Hindi: ग्रीवा f (grīvā)

• Hungarian: méhnyak (hu)
• Irish: ceirbheacs m
• Italian: cervice f, collo dell'utero m
• Japanese: 子宮頸部 (しきゅうけいぶ, shikyū keibu)
• Latvian: dzemdes kakls m
• Marathi: योनिमार्ग m (yonimarga), ग्रीवा (mr) f (grīvā)
• Portuguese: cérvice f, cérvix (pt) f
• Russian: шейка матки (ru) f (šéjka mátki)
• Spanish: cérvix m
• Swedish: livmoderhals c
• Turkish: serviks

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Dutch

Etymology

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. (anatomy) the neck
2. (anatomy) The cervix between the uterus and the vagina.

Synonyms

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

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from earlier *ḱerh₁wih₂-s and akin to cerebrum (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₁- (reduced *ḱr̥h₁-).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	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

• English: cervix
• Italian: cervice
• Portuguese: cerviz, cérvice, cérvix
• Romanian: cerbice
• Spanish: cerviz, cérvix

References

• cervix in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879