"nucleus" meaning in Latin

See nucleus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈnʊ.kɫe.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈnʊk.ɫe.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈnuː.kle.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈnuk.le.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: A diminutive of nux (“nut”), with an irregular change of gender from feminine to masculine. Head templates: {{la-noun|nucleus<2>}} nucleus m (genitive nucleī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|nucleus<2>}} Forms: nucleī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], nucleus [nominative, singular], nucleī [nominative, plural], nucleī [genitive, singular], nucleōrum [genitive, plural], nucleō [dative, singular], nucleīs [dative, plural], nucleum [accusative, singular], nucleōs [accusative, plural], nucleō [ablative, singular], nucleīs [ablative, plural], nuclee [singular, vocative], nucleī [plural, vocative], nuculeus [alternative]
  1. (literally) (small) nut Tags: declension-2, literally, masculine
    Sense id: en-nucleus-la-noun-Oq3ggTRe Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 20 27 27 27
  2. kernel Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-nucleus-la-noun-aSPdG8BG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 20 27 27 27
  3. (figuratively) core Tags: declension-2, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-nucleus-la-noun-DUX1~UYr Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 20 27 27 27
  4. nucleus Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-nucleus-la-noun-uTPvbx-M Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 20 27 27 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nucleāris [New-Latin], nucleātus [New-Latin], nucleō

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "nucleāris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "nucleātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nucleō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Derived:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nocciolo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Italian: nocciolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Italian: nocciolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "nòzzulu",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Sicilian: nòzzulu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Sicilian: nòzzulu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowed:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "nucleu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: nucleu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: nucleu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "nucli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: nucli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: nucli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "nucleus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: nucleus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: nucleus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nucleus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: nucleus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: nucleus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "núcleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: núcleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: núcleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nucleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: nucleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: nucleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "nùcleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Piedmontese: nùcleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Piedmontese: nùcleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "núcleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: núcleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: núcleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "nucleu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: nucleu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: nucleu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "nùcliu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: nùcliu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: nùcliu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "núcleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: núcleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: núcleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Nucleolaria nucleus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Nucleolaria nucleus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Nucleolaria nucleus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A diminutive of nux (“nut”), with an irregular change of gender from feminine to masculine.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nucleī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuclee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuculeus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nucleus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "nucleus m (genitive nucleī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nucleus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 27 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(small) nut"
      ],
      "id": "en-nucleus-la-noun-Oq3ggTRe",
      "links": [
        [
          "nut",
          "nut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) (small) nut"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 27 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kernel"
      ],
      "id": "en-nucleus-la-noun-aSPdG8BG",
      "links": [
        [
          "kernel",
          "kernel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 27 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "core"
      ],
      "id": "en-nucleus-la-noun-DUX1~UYr",
      "links": [
        [
          "core",
          "core"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) core"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 25 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 27 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nucleus"
      ],
      "id": "en-nucleus-la-noun-uTPvbx-M",
      "links": [
        [
          "nucleus",
          "nucleus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnʊ.kɫe.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnʊk.ɫe.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnuː.kle.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnuk.le.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nucleus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "nucleāris"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "nucleātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "nucleō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Derived:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nocciolo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Italian: nocciolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Italian: nocciolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "nòzzulu",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Sicilian: nòzzulu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Sicilian: nòzzulu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowed:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "nucleu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: nucleu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: nucleu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "nucli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: nucli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: nucli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "nucleus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: nucleus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: nucleus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nucleus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: nucleus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: nucleus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "núcleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: núcleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: núcleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nucleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: nucleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: nucleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "nùcleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Piedmontese: nùcleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Piedmontese: nùcleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "núcleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: núcleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: núcleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "nucleu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: nucleu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: nucleu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "nùcliu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: nùcliu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: nùcliu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "núcleo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: núcleo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: núcleo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Nucleolaria nucleus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Nucleolaria nucleus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Nucleolaria nucleus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A diminutive of nux (“nut”), with an irregular change of gender from feminine to masculine.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nucleī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuclee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nucleī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nuculeus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nucleus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "nucleus m (genitive nucleī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nucleus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(small) nut"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nut",
          "nut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) (small) nut"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "kernel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kernel",
          "kernel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "core"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "core",
          "core"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) core"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nucleus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nucleus",
          "nucleus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnʊ.kɫe.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnʊk.ɫe.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnuː.kle.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnuk.le.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nucleus"
}

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