vertebra

See also: vértebra, vertebrá, and vèrtebra

English

vertebra

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vertebra (“joint”), from vertere (“to turn”). Having multiple vertebrae (plural of vertebra) in one's backbone instead of having a single bone or solid spine, allows for the movement of the body with bends and turns. Hence meaning 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːtɪbɹə/

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Noun

vertebra (plural vertebræ or vertebrae or vertebras)

1. Any of the small bones which make up the backbone.

Synonyms

• spondyle (rare)

Derived terms

• cervical vertebra
• coccygeal vertebra
• intervertebral
• intervertebrally
• lumbar vertebra
• sacral vertebra
• thoracic vertebra
• vertebral
• vertebrally
• vertebrate

 

Translations

any of the small bones which make up the backbone

• Arabic: فَقَرَة f (faqara)

  Egyptian Arabic: فقرة f (faqara)

• Armenian: ող (hy) (oġ)
• Catalan: vèrtebra f
• Cebuano: dugokan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椎骨 (zh) (zhuīgǔ), 脊椎 (zh) (jǐzhuī), 脊椎骨 (zh) (jǐzhuīgǔ)

• Czech: obratel (cs) m
• Danish: ryghvirvel (da) c
• Dutch: wervel (nl) m, rugwervel (nl) m, ruggengraatswervel m
• Egyptian: (ṯz)
• Evenki: сигдэ (sigdə), нугды̄ (nugdī)
• Finnish: nikama (fi), selkänikama (fi)
• French: vertèbre (fr) m
• Galician: vértebra (gl) f
• Georgian: მალა (mala), ხერხემალი (xerxemali)
• German: Wirbel (de) m, Wirbelknochen m
• Greek: σπόνδυλος (el) m (spóndylos)

  Ancient: σφόνδυλος m (sphóndulos)

• Hebrew: חֻלְיָה (he) f (ẖulyá)
• Hungarian: csigolya (hu)
• Interlingua: vertebra
• Irish: veirteabra f
• Italian: vertebra (it) f
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• Japanese: 椎骨 (ja) (ついこつ, tsuikotsu)
• Korean: 척추 (ko) (cheokchu) (脊椎 (ko))
• Latin: vertebra
• Maori: tangai
• Mongolian: нугалам (mn) (nugalam), нурууны үе (nuruuny üje), нугалмай (mn) (nugalmaj)
• Navajo: íígháán
• Norwegian: ryggvirvel m
• Persian: مهره (fa) (mohre)
• Polish: kręg (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: vértebra (pt) f
• Romanian: vertebră (ro) f
• Russian: позвоно́к (ru) m (pozvonók)
• Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh an droma m, dromaltach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пршљен m, кра́љежак m, кра́љешак m

  Roman: pršljen (sh) m, králježak (sh) m, králješak (sh) m

• Slovene: vretence (sl) n
• Spanish: vértebra (es) f
• Swedish: ryggkota (sv) c, kota (sv) c
• Tagalog: gulugod
• Turkish: omur (tr)
• Walloon: cronzoxh (wa) m
• Yakut: тоноҕос (tonoğos)

See also

• coccyx

Further reading

• vertebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Esperanto

Adjective

vertebra (accusative singular vertebran, plural vertebraj, accusative plural vertebrajn)

1. vertebrate

Antonyms

• malvertebra (“invertebrate”)

Hypernyms

• ĥordohava, ĥordula (“chordate”)

Related terms

• vertebro (“a vertebrate”)

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Interlingua

Noun

vertebra (plural vertebras)

1. vertebra

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin

Noun

vertebra f (plural vertebre)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

Related terms

• vertebra cervicale
• vertebrale
• vertebra lombare
• vertebrato
• vertebra toracica

Anagrams

• tra breve

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Latin

Etymology

From vert(ō) (“to turn”) +‎ -bra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.te.bra/, [ˈu̯ɛrt̪ɛbrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.te.bra/, [ˈvɛrt̪ebrä]

Noun

vertebra f (genitive vertebrae); first declension

1. joint
2. (anatomy) vertebra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vertebra	vertebrae
Genitive	vertebrae	vertebrārum
Dative	vertebrae	vertebrīs
Accusative	vertebram	vertebrās
Ablative	vertebrā	vertebrīs
Vocative	vertebra	vertebrae

Descendants

• English: vertebra
• French: vertèbre
• Galician: vértebra
• Irish: veirteabra
• Italian: vertebra
• Portuguese: vértebra
• Spanish: vértebra

References

• “vertebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vertebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertebra.

Noun

vertebra f (genitive singular vertebra, plural vertebraghyn)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

Synonyms

• junt craue-drommey

Derived terms

• vertebragh (“vertebrate, vertebral”)

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Spanish

Verb

vertebra

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of vertebrar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of vertebrar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of vertebrar.