"sternum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Czech]

IPA: [ˈstɛrnum]
Head templates: {{cs-noun|n}} sternum n Inflection templates: {{cs-ndecl|n.foreign}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sternum [nominative, singular], sterna [nominative, plural], sterna [genitive, singular], stern [genitive, plural], sternu [dative, singular], sternům [dative, plural], sternum [accusative, singular], sterna [accusative, plural], sternum [singular, vocative], sterna [plural, vocative], sternu [locative, singular], sternech [locative, plural], sternem [instrumental, singular], sterny [instrumental, plural]
  1. sternum, breastbone Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Skeleton Synonyms: hrudní kost Related terms: sternální
    Sense id: en-sternum-cs-noun-O-awvTbF Categories (other): Czech entries with incorrect language header, Czech nouns with regular foreign declension

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɜː.nəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɝ.nəm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sternum.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sterna [plural], sternums [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəm Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sternum, related to Old English steorn (“forehead”), German Stirn (“forehead”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|sternum}} New Latin sternum, {{cog|ang|steorn||forehead}} Old English steorn (“forehead”), {{cog|de|Stirn||forehead}} German Stirn (“forehead”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*sterh₃-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|sterna|s}} sternum (plural sterna or sternums)
  1. (anatomy) The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process. Categories (topical): Skeleton
    Sense id: en-sternum-en-noun-xa-vpgEJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (arachnology) The sclerotized ventral plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax. Categories (topical): Arachnology
    Sense id: en-sternum-en-noun-V5y15jRi Topics: arachnology, biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bone

Noun [French]

IPA: /stɛʁ.nɔm/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Vaulque-sternum.wav Forms: sternums [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} sternum m (plural sternums)
  1. sternum, breastbone Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sternum-fr-noun-O-awvTbF Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈster.num/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈst̪ɛrnum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast, chest; breastbone”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|στέρνον||breast, chest; breastbone}} Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast, chest; breastbone”) Head templates: {{la-noun|sternum<2>}} sternum n (genitive sternī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|sternum<2>}} Forms: sternī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], sternum [nominative, singular], sterna [nominative, plural], sternī [genitive, singular], sternōrum [genitive, plural], sternō [dative, singular], sternīs [dative, plural], sternum [accusative, singular], sterna [accusative, plural], sternō [ablative, singular], sternīs [ablative, plural], sternum [singular, vocative], sterna [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) The breastbone. Tags: New-Latin, declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Skeleton

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈster.num/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈst̪ɛrnum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "sternum",
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        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "sterna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "stern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sternu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternům",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sterna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sterna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sterny",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    {
      "word": "sternální"
    }
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        "Czech entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Czech lemmas",
        "Czech neuter nouns",
        "Czech nouns",
        "Czech nouns with regular foreign declension",
        "Czech terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
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        [
          "sternum",
          "sternum#English"
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        {
          "word": "hrudní kost"
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        "neuter"
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstɛrnum]"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from New Latin",
    "English terms derived from New Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sterh₃-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)nəm",
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "entosternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "episternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "furcasternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyosternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyposternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "mesosternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "metasternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "omosternum"
    },
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      "word": "presternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "prosternum"
    },
    {
      "word": "sternal"
    },
    {
      "word": "sternebra"
    },
    {
      "word": "xiphisternum"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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    },
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "root"
    }
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    {
      "form": "sterna",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
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    }
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Skeleton"
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        }
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          "anatomy"
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          "breastbone",
          "breastbone"
        ],
        [
          "manubrium",
          "manubrium"
        ],
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          "gladiolus",
          "gladiolus"
        ],
        [
          "xiphoid process",
          "xiphoid process"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process."
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Arachnology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arachnology",
          "arachnology"
        ],
        [
          "sclerotized",
          "sclerotized"
        ],
        [
          "ventral",
          "ventral"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ],
        [
          "spider",
          "spider"
        ],
        [
          "coxa",
          "coxa"
        ],
        [
          "cephalothorax",
          "cephalothorax"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(arachnology) The sclerotized ventral plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arachnology",
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɜː.nəm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɝ.nəm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)nəm"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sternum.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sternum.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sternum.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    "sternum"
  ],
  "word": "sternum"
}

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    {
      "form": "sternums",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with audio links"
      ],
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        "sternum, breastbone"
      ],
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        [
          "sternum",
          "sternum#English"
        ],
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          "breastbone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/stɛʁ.nɔm/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Vaulque-sternum.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Vaulque-sternum.wav.mp3",
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    }
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}

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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "estèrnum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: estèrnum",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "estern",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "estern",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "sternum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: sternum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: sternum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sternum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: sternum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: sternum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "sternum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: sternum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: sternum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "steirneam",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: steirneam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
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      "form": "sternī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sternum",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sterna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sterna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sternum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sterna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sternum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "sternum n (genitive sternī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sternum<2>"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Latin neuter nouns",
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        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation only",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "New Latin",
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        "The breastbone."
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          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
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          "breastbone",
          "breastbone"
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        "(anatomy) The breastbone."
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        "New-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈster.num/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈst̪ɛrnum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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