trochanter

English

Etymology

From French trochanter, from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ (trokhantḗr).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR:, IPA^(key): /trə(ʊ)ˈkæn.tə(r)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

trochanter (plural trochanters)

1. (anatomy) In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
2. In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.

Derived terms

• antitrochanter
• greater trochanter
• intertrochanter
• lesser trochanter
• mesotrochanter
• metatrochanter
• subtrochanter
• supratrochanteric
• trochanteral
• trochanteric
• trochanterofemoral

Related terms

• trochantinal
• trochantine

Translations

anatomy:end of femur

• Catalan: trocànter (ca) m
• Finnish: sarvennoinen (fi)
• French: trochanter (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: τροχαντήρ m (trokhantḗr)

• Latin: trochantēr m
• Polish: krętarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: trocanter m, trocânter m
• Spanish: trocánter (es) m
• Ukrainian: вертлю́г m (vertljúh), ве́ртел m (vértel)

second segment of the leg of some arthropods

• Catalan: trocànter (ca) m
• French: trochanter (fr) m
• Latin: trochantēr m
• Polish: krętarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: trocanter m, trocânter m
• Spanish: trocánter (es) m

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ (trokhantḗr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [trɔˈkʰan.teːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [troˈkan.ter]

Noun

trochantēr m (genitive trochantēris); third declension

1. (anatomy) trochanter
   • 1946, Vladimir Šilhavý, “Nový rod a druh sekáčů, Odontosoma centetes, nov. gen., nov. spec. (Opiliones, subfamilia Phalangiinae)”, in Sborník Přírodovëdeckého klubu v Třebíči za rok 1939-1944. (overall work in Czech and Latin), Třebíč, page 56 of 55-57:

     Trochanteri aculeis inaequalibus obsiti, item femora, patellae, tibiae.

     The trochanters are covered with unequal spines, as are the femurs, patellas, and tibias.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trochantēr	trochantērēs
genitive	trochantēris	trochantērum
dative	trochantērī	trochantēribus
accusative	trochantērem	trochantērēs
ablative	trochantēre	trochantēribus
vocative	trochantēr	trochantērēs

Derived terms

• intertrochantēricus
• trochantēricus