tonsilla

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see French tonsille), ultimately from Latin tōnsillae.

Pronunciation

Noun

tonsilla

  1. (anatomy) tonsil

Declension

Inflection of tonsilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative tonsilla tonsillat
genitive tonsillan tonsilloiden
tonsilloitten
tonsillojen
partitive tonsillaa tonsilloita
tonsilloja
illative tonsillaan tonsilloihin
singular plural
nominative tonsilla tonsillat
accusative nom. tonsilla tonsillat
gen. tonsillan
genitive tonsillan tonsilloiden
tonsilloitten
tonsillojen
tonsillain rare
partitive tonsillaa tonsilloita
tonsilloja
inessive tonsillassa tonsilloissa
elative tonsillasta tonsilloista
illative tonsillaan tonsilloihin
adessive tonsillalla tonsilloilla
ablative tonsillalta tonsilloilta
allative tonsillalle tonsilloille
essive tonsillana tonsilloina
translative tonsillaksi tonsilloiksi
abessive tonsillatta tonsilloitta
instructive tonsilloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tonsilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin tōnsillae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tonˈsil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: ton‧sìl‧la

Noun

tonsilla f (plural tonsille)

  1. (anatomy) tonsil

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tonsilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to stretch, extend).

Pronunciation

Noun

tōnsilla f (genitive tōnsillae); first declension

  1. a sharp-pointed pole which was stuck in the ground to fasten vessels to the shore
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Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tōnsilla tōnsillae
genitive tōnsillae tōnsillārum
dative tōnsillae tōnsillīs
accusative tōnsillam tōnsillās
ablative tōnsillā tōnsillīs
vocative tōnsilla tōnsillae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Translingual: Tonsilla

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