coccyx

English
the coccyx

Etymology

Latin coccyx, from Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux, “cuckoo”), referring to the curved shape of a cuckoo's beak when viewed from the side.

Pronunciation

Noun

coccyx (plural coccyges)

  1. (medicine, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔk.sis/
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Noun

coccyx m (plural coccyx)

  1. (anatomy) coccyx, tailbone

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκῡξ (kókkūx).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkok.kyːks/, [ˈkɔk.kyːks]

Noun

coccȳx m (genitive coccȳgis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) coccyx

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coccyx coccygēs
Genitive coccygis coccygum
Dative coccygī coccygibus
Accusative coccygem coccygēs
Ablative coccyge coccygibus
Vocative coccyx coccygēs

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

Portuguese

Noun

coccyx m (plural coccyx)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cóccix (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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