cerebrum

Borrowed from Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”); see there for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɹɪ.bɹəm/, /sɪˈɹiː.bɹəm/

cerebrum (plural cerebra or cerebrums)

1. (neuroanatomy) The upper part of the brain, which is divided into the two cerebral hemispheres. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is the seat of motor and sensory functions, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.

• telencephalon

• cerebral hemisphere
• cerebral cortex

• forebrain

• cerebellum

• cumberer

From Proto-Italic *kerazrom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.re.brum/, [ˈkɛ.rɛ.brʊ̃]

cerebrum n (genitive cerebrī); second declension

1. brain
2. skull

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• cerebrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cerebrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cerebrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cerebrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cerebrum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911