vertebra

From Latin vertebra (“joint”), from vertere (“to turn”). Having multiple vertebrae (plural of vertebra) in one's backbone instead of having a single bone or solid spine, allows for the movement of the body with bends and turns. Hence meaning 1.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːtɪbɹə/

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vertebra (plural vertebræ or vertebrae or vertebras)

1. Any of the small bones which make up the backbone.

• spondyle (rare)

• coccyx

• vertebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

vertebra (accusative singular vertebran, plural vertebraj, accusative plural vertebrajn)

1. vertebrate

• malvertebra (“invertebrate”)

• ĥordohava, ĥordula (“chordate”)

• vertebro (“a vertebrate”)

vertebra (plural vertebras)

1. vertebra

Latin

vertebra f (plural vertebre)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

• vertebra cervicale
• vertebrale
• vertebra lombare
• vertebrato
• vertebra toracica

• tra breve

From vert(ō) (“to turn”) +‎ -bra.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwer.te.bra/, [ˈwɛr.tɛ.bra]

vertebra f (genitive vertebrae); first declension

1. joint
2. (anatomy) vertebra

First declension.

• English: vertebra
• French: vertèbre
• Galician: vértebra
• Irish: veirteabra
• Italian: vertebra
• Portuguese: vértebra
• Spanish: vértebra

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

Borrowed from Latin vertebra.

vertebra f (genitive singular vertebra, plural vertebraghyn)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

• junt craue-drommey

• vertebragh (“vertebrate, vertebral”)

vertebra

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of vertebrar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of vertebrar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of vertebrar.