funis

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See also: fuñís

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin fūnis.

Noun

funis

  1. A cord or a cord-like structure.
  2. (medicine, specifically) Umbilical cord.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from *fudnis, from Proto-Italic *fondnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (to tie; bond, band).

Pronunciation

Noun

fūnis m (genitive fūnis); third declension

  1. rope, cord, line

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: funis (learned)
  • Aromanian: funi
  • Italian: fune
  • Romanian: funie
  • Sicilian: funi
  • Sardinian: fune, funi
  • Welsh: ffun

References

  • funis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • funis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • funis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • funis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

funis m

  1. plural of funil