"fornice" meaning in Italian

See fornice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔr.ni.t͡ʃe/ Forms: fornici [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔrnitʃe Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fornicem. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:bor|la:fornix<alt:fornicem>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "fornicem", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fornix", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "fornice", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="fornice">, {{bor+|it|la|fornix|fornicem}} Borrowed from Latin fornicem Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} fornice m (plural fornici)
  1. (architecture) arch, vault Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fornice-it-noun-brBJXyMg Categories (other): Architecture, Italian entries with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 42 58 Topics: architecture
  2. (anatomy) fornix Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fornice-it-noun-iaW8Nn4D Categories (other): Anatomy, Italian entries referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 19 81 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 42 58 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 91 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fornicare

Inflected forms

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