adenoides

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See also: adénoïdes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δενοειδής (adenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ᾰ̓δήν (adḗn, “gland”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

adenoīdēs (neuter adenoīdes or adenoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (medicine) adenoid
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Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative adenoīdēs adenoīdes1
adenoīdēs 		adenoīdēs adenoīda
adenoīdia2
genitive adenoīdis adenoīdum
adenoīdium2
dative adenoīdī adenoīdibus
accusative adenoīdem adenoīdes1
adenoīdēs 		adenoīdēs adenoīda
adenoīdia2
ablative adenoīde
adenoīdī2 		adenoīdibus
vocative adenoīdes1
adenoīdēs 		adenoīdēs adenoīda
adenoīdia2

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
2It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.

Descendants

  • → French: adénoïde
    • → English: adenoid
    • → Portuguese: adenoide
    • → Romanian: adenoid

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

adenoides

  1. plural of adenoide

Noun

adenoides

  1. plural of adenoide

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adeˈnoides/
  • Rhymes: -oides
  • Syllabification: a‧de‧noi‧des

Adjective

adenoides

  1. plural of adenoide

Noun

adenoides

  1. plural of adenoide
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