foetus
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
foetus (plural foetuses or foeti)
- (chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of fetus
- 1815, Nathaniel Highmore, Case of a Foetus Found in the Abdomen of a Young Man:
- Amongst professional men, who have examined this singular foetus, a variety of opinions and conjectures have been formed, some of which it maybe well to notice.
- 1990, James M. Tanner, Foetus Into Man: Physical Growth from Conception to Maturity, →ISBN, page 40:
- During the last 10 weeks in utero the foetus stores very considerable amounts of energy in the form of fat.
- 2006, Denise Walker, Reproduction, Breathing and Health, →ISBN, page 23:
- The foetus gains all its food and oxygen from the mother during pregnancy.
Usage notes[edit]
The form fetus is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fetus — see fetus
References[edit]
- “foetus” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
foetus n or m (plural foetussen, diminutive foetusje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
foetus (feminine foeta, neuter foetum); first/second-declension adjective
- Alternative form of fētus
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | foetus | foeta | foetum | foetī | foetae | foeta | |
Genitive | foetī | foetae | foetī | foetōrum | foetārum | foetōrum | |
Dative | foetō | foetō | foetīs | ||||
Accusative | foetum | foetam | foetum | foetōs | foetās | foeta | |
Ablative | foetō | foetā | foetō | foetīs | |||
Vocative | foete | foeta | foetum | foetī | foetae | foeta |
Noun[edit]
foetus m (genitive foetūs); fourth declension
- Alternative form of fētus
Declension[edit]
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | foetus | foetūs |
Genitive | foetūs | foetuum |
Dative | foetuī | foetibus |
Accusative | foetum | foetūs |
Ablative | foetū | foetibus |
Vocative | foetus | foetūs |
References[edit]
- foetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- foetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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