urethra
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The urethra is labelled in these diagrams of the female and male genitourinary systems
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /jʊˈɹiːθɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
urethra (plural urethras or urethrae)
- (anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
Hypernyms
- urogenital sinus - embryological precursor
Derived terms
Translations
anatomical tube
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See also
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ūrēthra, from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra).
Pronunciation
Noun
urethra f (plural urethrae or urethra's)
- urethra
- Synonyms: urinebuis, urinekanaal, urineleider
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uːˈreː.tʰra/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈre.tra/,
Noun
ūrēthra f (genitive ūrēthrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ūrēthra | ūrēthrae |
| genitive | ūrēthrae | ūrēthrārum |
| dative | ūrēthrae | ūrēthrīs |
| accusative | ūrēthram | ūrēthrās |
| ablative | ūrēthrā | ūrēthrīs |
| vocative | ūrēthra | ūrēthrae |
References
- “urethra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- urethra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.