humerus

See also: humérus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hyo͞o'mərəs, IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːməɹəs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːməɹɪs/}
• Homophone: humorous

Noun

humerus (plural humeri)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.

Synonyms

• armbone

Translations

bone of the upper arm

• Arabic: عَضُد m (ʕaḍud)

  Egyptian Arabic: عضد m (ʕaḍud)

• Bulgarian: раменна кост f (ramenna kost)
• Catalan: húmer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肱骨 (zh) (gōnggǔ)

• Czech: kost pažní f
• Danish: overarmsknogle c
• Dutch: opperarmbeen (nl)
• Esperanto: humero
• Finnish: olkaluu (fi)
• French: humérus (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Galician: úmero (gl) m
• German: Oberarmknochen (de) m
• Greek: βραχιόνιο οστό n (vrachiónio ostó)
• Hungarian: felkarcsont (hu)
• Italian: omero (it) m
• Japanese: 上腕骨 (ja) (じょうわんこつ, jōwankotsu)
• Maori: pūkaka, peke
• Portuguese: úmero (pt) m
• Russian: плечева́я кость f (plečevája kostʹ)
• Spanish: húmero (es) m
• Tagalog: kabiyasan, biyas ng kamay
• Thai: กระดูกต้นแขน (grà-dùuk-dtôn-kɛ̌ɛn)
• Vietnamese: xương cánh tay

Further reading

• humerus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

---

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhu.me.rus/, [ˈhʊmɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈuːmerus]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈʊmɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈuːmerus]

Noun

humerus m (genitive humerī); second declension

1. Alternative form of umerus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	humerus	humerī
Genitive	humerī	humerōrum
Dative	humerō	humerīs
Accusative	humerum	humerōs
Ablative	humerō	humerīs
Vocative	humere	humerī

References

• humerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)