palpebra

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See also: pálpebra

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”). Compare Middle English palpebre.

Pronunciation

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebrae or (archaic) palpebræ)

  1. (anatomy) An eyelid.

References

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Pronunciation

Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebres)

  1. Alternative form of parpella

Interlingua

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebras)

  1. eyelid

Italian

Etymology

From Latin palpebra (“eyelid”), from palpō (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/
  • Rhymes: -alpebra
  • Hyphenation: pàl‧pe‧bra
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Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebre)

  1. eyelid

Further reading

  • palpebra in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • palpebra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From palpō (“to touch softly; to caress, flatter”) +‎ -bra (instrumental noun suffix).

Alternative forms

Noun

palpebra f (genitive palpebrae); first declension

  1. (literal, usually in the plural) an eyelid
    Synonym: cilium
  2. (transferred sense, in the plural)
    1. eyelashes
      Synonym: (Medieval Latin) cilia
    2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the eyes
      Synonym: oculī
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Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative palpebra palpebrae
genitive palpebrae palpebrārum
dative palpebrae palpebrīs
accusative palpebram palpebrās
ablative palpebrā palpebrīs
vocative palpebra palpebrae
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

palpebra n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of palpebrum

See also

References

  • “palpebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palpebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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