cerebellum

English

Borrowed from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum.

IPA^(key): /ˌseɹəˈbeləm/

cerebellum (plural cerebellums or cerebella)

(neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the cerebrum. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.

part of the hindbrain in vertebrates

From cerebrum (“brain”), with the diminutive suffix -ellum.

cerebellum n (genitive cerebellī); second declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Aromanian: crier, criel
Asturian: cerebelu (borrowed)
Catalan: cervell, cerebel (borrowed)
Corsican: ciarbeddu, ciarbellu
Dalmatian: carviale
English: cerebellum (borrowed)
French: cerveau, cervelle
Friulian: cerviel, čurviel
Galician: cerebelo (borrowed)
Greek: τσερβέλο (tservélo) (borrowed)
Italian: cervello, cerebello (borrowed), cerebellare
Norman: chèrvé
Occitan: cervèl
Portuguese: cerebelo (borrowed)
Romanian: cerebel (borrowed), creier
Romansh: tscharvè
Sardinian: cerbedhu, cerbeddu, cherveddu, carbedhu, carbeddu, cialbedhu, carvedhu, carveddu
Sicilian: ciriveddu, cirbeddu, cirveddu
Spanish: cerebelo (borrowed)
Venetian: serveło, zerveło, çervèlo, çervèl
Walloon: cervea

cerebellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cerebellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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