quadriceps
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)
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Translations
a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, from quadri- + -ceps.
Pronunciation
Noun
quadriceps m (plural quadriceps)
- quadriceps (muscle)
Further reading
- “quadriceps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From quadri- (“four”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷa.dri.keps/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.dri.t͡ʃeps/,
Adjective
quadriceps (genitive quadricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia | ||
| Genitive | quadricipitis | quadricipitium | |||
| Dative | quadricipitī | quadricipitibus | |||
| Accusative | quadricipitem | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia | |
| Ablative | quadricipitī | quadricipitibus | |||
| Vocative | quadriceps | quadricipitēs | quadricipitia | ||