humerus

See also: humérus

English

Etymology

From Late Latin humerus, from umerus.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: hyo͞o'mərəs, IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːməɹəs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːməɹɪs/}
Homophone: humorous

Noun

humerus (plural humeri)

(anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.

Synonyms

armbone

Translations

bone of the upper arm

Arabic: عَضُد‎ m (ʿaḍud)
Egyptian Arabic: عضد‎ m (ʕaḍud)
Bulgarian: раменна кост f (ramenna kost)
Catalan: húmer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 肱骨 (zh) (gōnggǔ)
Czech: kost pažní f
Danish: overarmsknogle c
Dutch: opperarmbeen (nl)
Esperanto: humero
Finnish: olkaluu (fi)
French: humérus (fr) m

Galician: úmero (gl) m
German: Oberarmknochen (de) m
Greek: βραχιόνιο οστό n (vrachiónio ostó)
Hungarian: felkarcsont (hu)
Italian: omero (it) m
Japanese: 上腕骨 (ja) (じょうわんこつ, jōwankotsu)
Maori: pūkaka, peke
Portuguese: úmero (pt) m
Russian: плечева́я кость f (plečevája kostʹ)
Spanish: húmero (es) m
Tagalog: kabiyasan, biyas ng kamay
Vietnamese: xương cánh tay

Further reading

humerus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhu.me.rus/, [ˈhʊ.mɛ.rʊs]
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.me.rus/, [ˈʊ.mɛ.rʊs]

Noun

humerus m (genitive humerī); second declension

Alternative form of umerus

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	humerus	humerī
Genitive	humerī	humerōrum
Dative	humerō	humerīs
Accusative	humerum	humerōs
Ablative	humerō	humerīs
Vocative	humere	humerī

References

humerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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