epidermis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís) (ἐπί, on top of) + dermis (< δέρμα(derma), skin)

Noun

epidermis (plural epidermides or epidermises)

1. The outer, protective layer of the skin of vertebrates, covering the dermis
2. The similar outer layer of cells in invertebrates and plants

Synonyms

• cuticle

Derived terms

• epidermal
• epidermic
• epidermoid

Translations

skin's outer layer in animals

• Arabic: بشرَة
• Catalan: epidermis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表皮 (zh) (biǎopí)

• Czech: pokožka (cs) f
• Dutch: opperhuid (nl) f or m
• Finnish: orvaskesi (fi)
• French: épiderme (fr) m
• Galician: epiderme f
• German: Oberhaut f, Epidermis (de) f
• Greek: επιδερμίδα (el) f (epidermída)
• Hungarian: epidermisz (hu), felhám (hu)
• Ido: epidermo (io)
• Italian: epidermide (it) f
• Japanese: 表皮 (hyōhi)
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• Korean: 표피 (pyopi)
• Latin: epidermis f
• Lithuanian: epidermis m
• Maori: kiritai, kiriwaho
• Polish: naskórek (pl) m
• Portuguese: epiderme (pt) f
• Romanian: epidermă (ro) f
• Russian: эпиде́рма (ru) f (epidérma), эпиде́рмис (ru) m (epidérmis)
• Scottish Gaelic: cneas m, far-chraiceann m
• Serbo-Croatian: pokožica (sh) f
• Spanish: epidermis f
• Swedish: överhud (sv), epidermis (sv)
• Telugu: బహిశ్చర్మము (bahiścarmamu), బాహ్యచర్మము (bāhyacarmamu)
• Thai: หนังกำพร้า (nạngkảphr̂ā)
• Vietnamese: ngoại bì

plant's outer layer

• Czech: pokožka (cs) f
• Esperanto: epidermo
• Finnish: epidermi (fi)
• Greek: επιδερμίδα (el) f (epidermída)
• Hungarian: epidermisz (hu)
• Ido: epidermo (io)
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• Italian: epidermide (it) f
• Kazakh: өң (kk) (öñ)
• Maori: kiriwaho
• Scottish Gaelic: cneas m
• Tagalog: balat-ugat, balatpuno, balatdahon

See also

• epithelium

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Catalan

Noun

epidermis f (invariable)

1. (anatomy) epidermis

Derived terms

• dermis

Related terms

• epidèrmic

Further reading

• “epidermis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “epidermis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “epidermis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “epidermis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.piˈder.mis/, [ɛpɪˈd̪ɛrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈder.mis/, [epiˈd̪ɛrmis]

Noun

epidermis f (genitive epidermidis); third declension

1. epidermis, cuticle, surface skin

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	epidermis	epidermidēs
Genitive	epidermidis	epidermidum
Dative	epidermidī	epidermidibus
Accusative	epidermidem	epidermidēs
Ablative	epidermide	epidermidibus
Vocative	epidermis	epidermidēs

Related terms

• dermis

Descendants

• English: epidermis

References

• “epidermis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• epidermis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epiˈdeɾmis/ [e.piˈð̞eɾ.mis]

Noun

epidermis f (plural epidermis)

1. (anatomy) epidermis

Derived terms

• dermis

Related terms

• epidérmico

Further reading

• “epidermis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014