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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfriː.njʊl.əm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfrɛn.jəl.əm/ [General-American] Forms: frenula [plural], frenulums [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin frēnulum, diminutive of frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰer-}}, {{bor|en|NL.|frēnulum}} New Latin frēnulum Head templates: {{en-noun|frenula|s}} frenulum (plural frenula or frenulums)
  1. (anatomy) A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Animal tissues Synonyms: frenum Translations (small fold of tissue): fre [masculine] (Catalan), tel de la llengua [masculine] (Catalan), 繫帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 系带 (jìdài) (Chinese Mandarin), tongriem (english: beneath the tongue) (Dutch), frenulo (Esperanto), frenulum (Finnish), kiinnityspoimu (Finnish), kielijänne (english: tongue) (Finnish), frein [masculine] (French), filet (english: beneath the tongue) [masculine] (French), freo [masculine] (Galician), Frenulum [neuter] (German), some of them are also called Bändchen [neuter] (German), most of them have specific compounds (German), χαλινός (chalinós) [masculine] (Greek), haft [neuter] (Icelandic), ᕿᓪᓗᑕᖅ (qillotaq) (Inuktitut), frenulo [masculine] (Italian), 小帯 (shōtai) (alt: しょうたい) (Japanese), 소대 (sodae) (alt: 小帶) (Korean), wędzidełko [neuter] (Polish), freio [masculine] (Portuguese), frénulo [masculine] (Portuguese), узде́чка (uzdéčka) [feminine] (Russian), frenillo [masculine] (Spanish), frenulum (english: medical) (Swedish), penissträng [common-gender] (Swedish), ollonsträng [common-gender, slang] (Swedish), filé del linwe (english: beneath the tongue) [masculine] (Walloon), ffrwynig [feminine] (Welsh), ffrwynyn [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (entomology, zootomy) A bristle or row of bristles on the edge of the hindwings of some lepidoptera which unites the wings by interlocking with a catch on the posterior part of the forewings. Categories (topical): Entomology Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
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Synonyms: fraenulum, frænulum [hypercorrect, nonstandard] Derived forms: frenular, frenulate

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈfre.nu.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈfrɛːnulum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”) + -ulum (diminutive nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|la|frēnum|-ulus|alt2=-ulum|pos2=diminutive nominal suffix|t1=a bridle, curb, bit}} frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”) + -ulum (diminutive nominal suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|frēnulum<2>}} frēnulum n (genitive frēnulī); second declension, {{tlb|la|New Latin}} (New Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|frēnulum<2>}} Forms: frēnulum [canonical, neuter], frēnulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], frēnulum [nominative, singular], frēnula [nominative, plural], frēnulī [genitive, singular], frēnulōrum [genitive, plural], frēnulō [dative, singular], frēnulīs [dative, plural], frēnulum [accusative, singular], frēnula [accusative, plural], frēnulō [ablative, singular], frēnulīs [ablative, plural], frēnulum [singular, vocative], frēnula [plural, vocative]
  1. diminutive of frēnum. Tags: New-Latin, declension-2, diminutive, form-of Form of: frēnum Synonyms: fraenulum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "frēnulī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnulum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frēnula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēnulum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "frēnulum n (genitive frēnulī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "New Latin"
      },
      "expansion": "(New Latin)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frēnulum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin diminutive nouns",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -ulus",
        "Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation only",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "New Latin",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "frēnum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of frēnum."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frēnum",
          "frenum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "diminutive",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfre.nu.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrɛːnulum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fraenulum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frenulum"
}

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