"operculum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əʊˈpɜː.kjʊ.ləm/ [UK], /oʊˈpɝ.kjə.ləm/ [US] Forms: opercula [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin operculum. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|operculum}} Latin operculum Head templates: {{en-noun|opercula}} operculum (plural opercula)
  1. (zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover. Categories (topical): Zoology Translations ((zoology) covering flap in animals): hmuqatix̂ (Aleut), opercle [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (yǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), skřele (Czech), žaberní víčko (Czech), kiduskansi (note: in fish) (Finnish), opercule [masculine] (French), lannach [masculine] (Irish), clúidín [masculine] (Irish), bleayst [feminine] (Manx), kōrama (in shellfish) (Maori), kata (of shellfish) (Maori), opérculo [masculine] (Portuguese), оболо́чка (obolóčka) [feminine] (Russian), покры́шка (pokrýška) [feminine] (Russian), жа́берная кры́шка (žábernaja krýška) (english: gill cover) [feminine] (Russian), opérculo [masculine] (Spanish), unya (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-61oU4VgT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 12 26 5 25 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of '(zoology) covering flap in animals': 58 4 21 4 14
  2. (botany) The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-AuAxv9rC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 12 26 5 25 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (dentistry) A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth. Categories (topical): Dentistry
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-0PdHCkFK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 12 26 5 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 14 39 7 18 Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
  4. A structure which serves as a cover or lid.
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-k1MewLz4
  5. (anatomy) One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Anatomy
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-vl9S1DTq Disambiguation of Anatomy: 28 10 20 3 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 12 26 5 25 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: operculiferous, operculitis, preoperculum, interoperculum, suboperculum Related terms: opercle

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /oˈper.ku.lum/ [Classical], [ɔˈpɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /oˈper.ku.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [oˈpɛrkulum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From operiō (“I close”) + -culum. Etymology templates: {{affix|la|operiō|-culum|gloss1=I close}} operiō (“I close”) + -culum Head templates: {{la-noun|operculum<2>}} operculum n (genitive operculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|operculum<2>}} Forms: operculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], operculum [nominative, singular], opercula [nominative, plural], operculī [genitive, singular], operculōrum [genitive, plural], operculō [dative, singular], operculīs [dative, plural], operculum [accusative, singular], opercula [accusative, plural], operculō [ablative, singular], operculīs [ablative, plural], operculum [singular, vocative], opercula [plural, vocative]
  1. cover, covering Tags: declension-2, neuter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "plural"
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    }
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        "English terms with quotations",
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          "ref": "2017 January 18, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian",
          "text": "Hyoliths […] have a small, conical calcium carbonate shell, with a lid called an operculum.",
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        }
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          "zoology"
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          "gill cover"
        ]
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        "(zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover."
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
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          "botany"
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          "sporangium"
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          "fruit"
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          "detach"
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          "spore",
          "spore"
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        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ]
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        "(botany) The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Dentistry"
      ],
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        "A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth."
      ],
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        [
          "dentistry",
          "dentistry"
        ],
        [
          "gum",
          "gum"
        ],
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          "flap",
          "flap"
        ],
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          "wisdom tooth"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dentistry) A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth."
      ],
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        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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        "A structure which serves as a cover or lid."
      ],
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          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
        [
          "lid",
          "lid"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Anatomy"
      ],
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        "One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula."
      ],
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula."
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əʊˈpɜː.kjʊ.ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈpɝ.kjə.ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "code": "ale",
      "lang": "Aleut",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "hmuqatix̂"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opercle"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "厴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎn",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "厣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "skřele"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "žaberní víčko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in fish",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "kiduskansi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opercule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lannach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clúidín"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bleayst"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "kōrama (in shellfish)"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "kata (of shellfish)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opérculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obolóčka",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оболо́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokrýška",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покры́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "gill cover",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žábernaja krýška",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жа́берная кры́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opérculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "unya"
    }
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    "operculum"
  ],
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}

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            "2": "opercle",
            "3": "operculum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "opercule",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: opercule"
    },
    {
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "opercolo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: opercolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "opérculo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: opérculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: opérculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "opérculo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: opérculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: opérculo"
    }
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        "3": "-culum",
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    }
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        "genitive"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "opercula",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "operculōrum",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opercula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opercula",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "operculum<2>"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -culum",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
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        "cover, covering"
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        [
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          "cover"
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          "covering"
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    {
      "ipa": "/oˈper.ku.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔˈpɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oˈper.ku.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[oˈpɛrkulum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "operculum"
}

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