lunula
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): (second syllable stressed) /ˈlun.ju.lə/, (second syllable unstressed) /ˈlun.jʊ.lə/
Noun
lunula (plural lunulae or (archaic) lunulæ)
- (anatomy) Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
- (Ancient Rome, historical) A crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome.
Derived terms
Translations
pale area at the base of the fingernail
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See also
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlunulɑ/, [ˈlunulɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -unulɑ
- Syllabification(key): lu‧nu‧la
- Hyphenation(key): lu‧nu‧la
Noun
lunula
Declension
| Inflection of lunula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lunula | lunulat | |
| genitive | lunulan | lunuloiden lunuloitten | |
| partitive | lunulaa | lunuloita | |
| illative | lunulaan | lunuloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lunula | lunulat | |
| accusative | nom. | lunula | lunulat |
| gen. | lunulan | ||
| genitive | lunulan | lunuloiden lunuloitten lunulain rare | |
| partitive | lunulaa | lunuloita | |
| inessive | lunulassa | lunuloissa | |
| elative | lunulasta | lunuloista | |
| illative | lunulaan | lunuloihin | |
| adessive | lunulalla | lunuloilla | |
| ablative | lunulalta | lunuloilta | |
| allative | lunulalle | lunuloille | |
| essive | lunulana | lunuloina | |
| translative | lunulaksi | lunuloiksi | |
| abessive | lunulatta | lunuloitta | |
| instructive | — | lunuloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lūnula.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /luˈnula/ [luˈnu.la]
- Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: lu‧nu‧la
Noun
lunula (plural lunula-lunula)
- (anatomy) lunula: something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail
- (Catholicism) luna, lunette, lunula: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance
Further reading
- “lunula” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
Noun
lunula f (plural lunule)
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫuː.nʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈluː.nu.la]
Noun
lūnula f (genitive lūnulae); first declension
- an ornament in the form of a little moon
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lūnula | lūnulae |
| genitive | lūnulae | lūnulārum |
| dative | lūnulae | lūnulīs |
| accusative | lūnulam | lūnulās |
| ablative | lūnulā | lūnulīs |
| vocative | lūnula | lūnulae |
Descendants
References
- “lunula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "lunula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lunula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lūnula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈnu.la/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: lu‧nu‧la
Noun
lunula f
- (Ancient Rome, historical) lunula (crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome)
- (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) lunette, luna (crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the consecrated host upright when exposed in the monstrance)
- Synonyms: melchizedech, melchizedek
Declension
Declension of lunula
Further reading
- lunula in Polish dictionaries at PWN