prostata

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See also: Prostata, próstata, and pròstata

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, one standing before, protector), from πρό (pró, before) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pro‧s‧ta‧ta

Noun

prostata f

  1. (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
    Synonym: předstojná žláza

Declension

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, one standing before, protector), from πρό (pró, before) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprostɑtɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ostɑtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): pros‧ta‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): pros‧ta‧ta

Noun

prostata

  1. (anatomy, medicine, jargon) prostate

Usage notes

With the exception of nominative, the word is seldom used in plural as the plural does not really fit into any declension category.

Declension

Inflection of prostata (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative prostata prostatat
genitive prostatan prostatoiden
prostatoitten
prostatojen
partitive prostataa prostatoita
prostatoja
illative prostataan prostatoihin
singular plural
nominative prostata prostatat
accusative nom. prostata prostatat
gen. prostatan
genitive prostatan prostatoiden
prostatoitten
prostatojen
prostatain rare
partitive prostataa prostatoita
prostatoja
inessive prostatassa prostatoissa
elative prostatasta prostatoista
illative prostataan prostatoihin
adessive prostatalla prostatoilla
ablative prostatalta prostatoilta
allative prostatalle prostatoille
essive prostatana prostatoina
translative prostataksi prostatoiksi
abessive prostatatta prostatoitta
instructive prostatoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of prostata (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

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Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

prostata (plural prostatas)

  1. prostate

Italian

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, one standing before, protector), from πρό (pró, before) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔs.ta.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstata
  • Hyphenation: prò‧sta‧ta

Noun

prostata f (plural prostate)

  1. (anatomy) prostate

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: prostata

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, one standing before, protector), from πρό (pró, before) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Pronunciation

Noun

prostata f (genitive prostatae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) prostate

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative prostata prostatae
genitive prostatae prostatārum
dative prostatae prostatīs
accusative prostatam prostatās
ablative prostatā prostatīs
vocative prostata prostatae

Descendants

Lithuanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, one standing before, protector), from πρό (pró, before) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Noun

pròstata f (plural pròstatos) stress pattern 1

  1. (anatomy) prostate

Declension

Declension of pròstata
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) pròstata pròstatos
genitive (kilmininkas) pròstatos pròstatų
dative (naudininkas) pròstatai pròstatoms
accusative (galininkas) pròstatą pròstatas
instrumental (įnagininkas) pròstata pròstatomis
locative (vietininkas) pròstatoje pròstatose
vocative (šauksmininkas) pròstata pròstatos

Synonyms

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prostata.

Pronunciation

Noun

prostata f

  1. (anatomy) prostate

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs).

Noun

prostata m (definite singular prostataen, indefinite plural prostataer, definite plural prostataene)

  1. (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
  2. (informal, inflammation) prostatitis

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs).

Noun

prostata m (definite singular prostataen, indefinite plural prostataer or prostataar, definite plural prostataene or prostataane)

  1. (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
  2. (informal, inflammation) prostatitis

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References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French prostate, from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs), from πρό (pró) + ἵστημι (hístēmi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔsˈta.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: pros‧ta‧ta

Noun

prostata f

  1. (anatomy) prostate
    Synonyms: gruczoł krokowy, stercz

Declension

Further reading

  • prostata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • prostata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, one standing before, protector), from πρό (pró, before) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Pronunciation

Noun

pròstata f (Cyrillic spelling про̀стата)

  1. (anatomy) prostate

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, one standing before, protector), from πρό (pró, before) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Pronunciation

Noun

prostata f

  1. (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
    Synonym: predstojná žľaza

Declension

Declension of prostata
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeprostataprostaty
genitiveprostatyprostát
dativeprostateprostatám
accusativeprostatuprostaty
locativeprostateprostatách
instrumentalprostatouprostatami

Further reading

Slovene

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, one standing before, protector), from πρό (pró, before) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, to stand).

Pronunciation

Noun

prọ̑stata f

  1. (anatomy) prostate

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. próstata
gen. sing. próstate
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
próstata próstati próstate
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
próstate próstat próstat
dative
(dajȃlnik)
próstati próstatama próstatam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
próstato próstati próstate
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
próstati próstatah próstatah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
próstato próstatama próstatami

Synonyms

Swedish

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Noun

prostata c

  1. (anatomy) prostate
    Synonym: blåshalskörtel

Declension

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