sebum

See also: sébum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sebum (“tallow, grease; suet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsibm̩/
Hyphenation: se‧bum

Noun

sebum (countable and uncountable, plural sebums)

(physiology) A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

Derived terms

sebaceous

Translations

thick oily substance

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: sèu (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 皮脂 (pei⁴ zi¹)

Mandarin: 皮脂 (zh) (pízhī)
Czech: lůj (cs) m
Dutch: talg (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tali (fi)
French: sébum (fr) m
German: Talg (de) m
Hindi: त्वग्वसा (tvagvasA)
Icelandic: húðfeiti f

Italian: sebo (it) m
Japanese: 皮脂 (ひし, hishi)
Korean: 피지 (ko) (piji) (皮脂 (ko))
Latin: sebum n
Polish: łój (pl) m
Portuguese: sebo (pt) m
Russian: ко́жное са́ло n (kóžnoje sálo)
Slovak: maz
Spanish: sebo (es) m
Swedish: talg (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

embus

Latin

Alternative forms

sēvum, saevum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”), whence also (through Proto-Germanic) sāpō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.bum/, [ˈseː.bũː]

Noun

sēbum n (genitive sēbī); second declension

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēbum	sēba
Genitive	sēbī	sēbōrum
Dative	sēbō	sēbīs
Accusative	sēbum	sēba
Ablative	sēbō	sēbīs
Vocative	sēbum	sēba

Derived terms

sēbāceus
sēbālis
sēbāx
sēbō
sēbōsus

Descendants

Aromanian: seu
Catalan: sèu
English: sebum, suet
French: sébum, suif
Friulian: sêf
Galician: sebo
Italian: sebo, sego, sevo
Old French: seu

Portuguese: sebo
Romanian: seu
Sardinian: sebu, seu
Sicilian: siu, sivu
Spanish: sebo
Venetian: seo, sef

References

sebum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sebum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sebum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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