uterus

See also: Uterus and utérus

English

Diagram of human uterus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *úderos

Latin uteruslbor.

English uterus

Learned borrowing from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

2. (anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

   Synonyms: womb, belly, matrix (now archaic), metra

   1. (zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals.

Derived terms

• cordiform uterus
• corpus uteri
• uterine
• uterus bicornis
• uterus didelphis
• uterus didelphys

Related terms

• hystera
• hysterectomy
• hysteria
• in utero

Descendants

• → Czech: uterus
• → Malay: uterus
• → Swahili: uterasi

Translations

a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth — see also womb

• Spanish: útero (es) m

See also

• Müllerian ducts (embryological precursor)
• internal genitalia

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “uterus”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “uterus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• suture

Czech

Alternative forms

• uter

Etymology

Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈutɛrus]
• Hyphenation: ute‧rus

Noun

uterus m inan

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonym: děloha

Declension

Declension of uterus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	uterus	utery
genitive	uteru	uterů
dative	uteru	uterům
accusative	uterus	utery
vocative	utere	utery
locative	uteru	uterech
instrumental	uterem	utery

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “uterus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊtɛrʊs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrʊs
• Hyphenation: utè‧rus

Noun

utèrus (plural uterus-uterus)

1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

Alternative forms

• uterus /utərus/ (Standard Malay)

Related terms

• saudara (“sibling”, literally “from the same womb”)

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Alternative forms

• uterum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊ.tɛ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.te.rus]

Noun

uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: mātrīx, uterum

2. fetus, newborn
3. belly, paunch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	uterus	uterī
genitive	uterī	uterōrum
dative	uterō	uterīs
accusative	uterum	uterōs
ablative	uterō	uterīs
vocative	utere	uterī

Related terms

• uterculus
• uterīnus

Descendants

• → Catalan: úter
• → English: uterus
  • → Czech: uterus
  • → Malay: uterus
  • → Swahili: uterasi
• → French: utérus
• → Galician: útero
• → Interlingua: utero
• → Italian: utero
• → Malay: uterus
• → Piedmontese: ùter, üter
• → Portuguese: útero
• → Romanian: uter
• → Sicilian: ùtiru
• → Spanish: útero
• → Turkish: uterus

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utərus/
• Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

Noun

uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus or uterus²)

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: peranakan, kandung, kandungan, rahim

Alternative forms

• utèrus (Indonesian)

Further reading

• "uterus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈte.ɾus/
• Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

Noun

uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim

Declension

Declension of uterus

singular plural nominative uterus uteruslar definite accusative uterusu uterusları dative uterusa uteruslara locative uterusta uteruslarda ablative uterustan uteruslardan genitive uterusun uterusların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular uterusum uteruslarım 2nd singular uterusun uterusların 3rd singular uterusu uterusları 1st plural uterusumuz uteruslarımız 2nd plural uterusunuz uteruslarınız 3rd plural uterusları uterusları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular uterusumu uteruslarımı 2nd singular uterusunu uteruslarını 3rd singular uterusunu uteruslarını 1st plural uterusumuzu uteruslarımızı 2nd plural uterusunuzu uteruslarınızı 3rd plural uteruslarını uteruslarını dative singular plural 1st singular uterusuma uteruslarıma 2nd singular uterusuna uteruslarına 3rd singular uterusuna uteruslarına 1st plural uterusumuza uteruslarımıza 2nd plural uterusunuza uteruslarınıza 3rd plural uteruslarına uteruslarına locative singular plural 1st singular uterusumda uteruslarımda 2nd singular uterusunda uteruslarında 3rd singular uterusunda uteruslarında 1st plural uterusumuzda uteruslarımızda 2nd plural uterusunuzda uteruslarınızda 3rd plural uteruslarında uteruslarında ablative singular plural 1st singular uterusumdan uteruslarımdan 2nd singular uterusundan uteruslarından 3rd singular uterusundan uteruslarından 1st plural uterusumuzdan uteruslarımızdan 2nd plural uterusunuzdan uteruslarınızdan 3rd plural uteruslarından uteruslarından genitive singular plural 1st singular uterusumun uteruslarımın 2nd singular uterusunun uteruslarının 3rd singular uterusunun uteruslarının 1st plural uterusumuzun uteruslarımızın 2nd plural uterusunuzun uteruslarınızın 3rd plural uteruslarının uteruslarının

Further reading

• “uterus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “uterus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük