foramen

English

Etymology

From Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪmən
• IPA^(key): /fəˈɹeɪ.mɛn/

Noun

foramen (plural foramina or foramens)

1. (anatomy) an opening, an orifice; a short passage.

   The skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and exit. w:Category:Foramina of the skull

Derived terms

Derived terms

• foramen magnum
• foramen of Monro
• foramen of Winslow

• foramen ovale
• foraminate
• neuroforamen

See also

• meatus

Anagrams

• Foreman, foreman, name for

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Latin

Etymology

From forō (“pierce, bore”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /foˈraː.men/, [fɔˈraː.mẽ]

Noun

forāmen n (genitive forāminis); third declension

1. opening, aperture, hole
2. (figuratively) a cave

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	forāmen	forāmina
genitive	forāminis	forāminum
dative	forāminī	forāminibus
accusative	forāmen	forāmina
ablative	forāmine	forāminibus
vocative	forāmen	forāmina

Synonyms

• (cave): caverna

Derived terms

• forāmen acūs
• forāminātus
• forāminōsus

Related terms

• forātus
• forō

Descendants

• Asturian: furame, furacu
• Catalan: forat
• English: foramen
• Italian: forame

• Old Portuguese: furaco
• Portuguese: buraco, forame, forâmen
• Spanish: foramen

References

• foramen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• foramen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “foramen”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “foramen” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fo̞ˈɾa̠.me̞n]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”).

Noun

foramen m (plural forámenes)

1. (anatomy) foramen

Related terms

• foraminífero
• perforar
• horadar

Derived terms

Related terms

• foramen ciático mayor
• foramen espinoso
• foramen infraorbitario
• foramen intervertebral

• foramen magno
• foramen oval
• foramen redondo mayor
• foramen vertebral