sputum

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sputum (“that which is spit out, spittle”), from spuere (“to spit”).

Noun

sputum (countable and uncountable, plural sputa)

1. (physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.

Translations

matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth

• Armenian: խորխ (hy) (xorx)
• Catalan: esput m
• Czech: sputum (cs) n, chrchel (cs) m
• Finnish: yskös (fi)
• Galician: esgarro (gl), lapo m
• Georgian: ნერწყვი (nerc̣q̇vi), დორბლი (dorbli), შისველე (šisvele)
• Korean: 가래 (ko) (garae)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: plwocina (pl) f
• Portuguese: escarro (pt) m
• Russian: мокрота (ru) f (mokrota)
• Spanish: esputo (es) m
• Swahili: balaghamu (sw), kohozi (sw)
• Turkish: balgam (tr)
• Vietnamese: đờm (vi), đàm

See also

• sputum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• “sputum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “sputum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “sputum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Czech

Noun

sputum n

1. sputum

Synonyms

• chrchel m

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Latin

Etymology

From spuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspuː.tum/, [ˈs̠puːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspu.tum/, [ˈspuːt̪um]

Noun

spūtum n (genitive spūtī); second declension

1. spittle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spūtum	spūta
Genitive	spūtī	spūtōrum
Dative	spūtō	spūtīs
Accusative	spūtum	spūta
Ablative	spūtō	spūtīs
Vocative	spūtum	spūta

Related terms

• sputō

Descendants

• Catalan: esput
• Dalmatian: spoit
• English: sputum
• Italian: sputo

• Old French: esput
• Portuguese: esputo
• Romanian: spută
• Spanish: esputo

Participle

(deprecated template usage) spūtum

1. inflection of spūtus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

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