sebum

See also: sébum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sebum (“tallow, grease; suet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsibm̩/
• Hyphenation: se‧bum

Noun

sebum (countable and uncountable, plural sebums)

1. (physiology) A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

Derived terms

• sebaceous

Translations

thick oily substance

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: sèu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 皮脂 (pei⁴ zi¹)

  Mandarin: 皮脂 (zh) (pízhī)

• Czech: lůj (cs) m
• Dutch: talg (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tali (fi)
• French: sébum (fr) m
• German: Talg (de) m
• Hindi: त्वग्वसा (tvagvasā)
• Icelandic: húðfeiti f
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• Italian: sebo (it) m
• Japanese: 皮脂 (ひし, hishi)
• Korean: 피지 (ko) (piji) (皮脂 (ko))
• Latin: sebum n
• Polish: łój (pl) m
• Portuguese: sebo (pt) m
• Russian: ко́жное са́ло n (kóžnoje sálo)
• Slovak: maz
• Spanish: sebo (es) m
• Swedish: talg (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• embus

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Latin

Alternative forms

• sēvum, saevum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”), whence also (through Proto-Germanic) sāpō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.bum/, [ˈs̠eːbʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.bum/, [ˈsɛːbum]

Noun

sēbum n (genitive sēbī); second declension

1. tallow, grease
2. suet
3. hard animal fat

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēbum	sēba
Genitive	sēbī	sēbōrum
Dative	sēbō	sēbīs
Accusative	sēbum	sēba
Ablative	sēbō	sēbīs
Vocative	sēbum	sēba

Derived terms

• sēbāceus
• sēbālis
• sēbāx
• sēbō
• sēbōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: seu
• Catalan: sèu
• English: sebum, suet
• French: sébum, suif
• Friulian: sêf
• Galician: sebo
• Italian: sebo, sego, sevo
• Old French: seu

• Portuguese: sebo
• Romanian: seu
• Sardinian: sebu, seu
• Sicilian: siu, sivu
• Spanish: sebo
• Venetian: seo, sef

References

• “sebum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sebum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sebum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.