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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.de.noˈiː.deːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.de.noˈi.des/,
Adjective
adenoīdēs (neuter adenoīdes or adenoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | adenoīdēs | adenoīdes1 adenoīdēs |
adenoīdēs | adenoīdia | |
| Genitive | adenoīdis | adenoīdum adenoīdium | |||
| Dative | adenoīdī | adenoīdibus | |||
| Accusative | adenoīdem | adenoīdes1 adenoīdēs |
adenoīdēs | adenoīdia | |
| Ablative | adenoīde adenoīdī |
adenoīdibus | |||
| Vocative | adenoīdes1 adenoīdēs |
adenoīdēs | adenoīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants
Portuguese
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Adjective
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Spanish
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