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English
Etymology
From Latin vōmer (“ploughshare”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vomer (plural vomers)
- (anatomy) The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vōmer.
Pronunciation
Noun
vomer m (plural vomers)
- vomer, vomer bone
Further reading
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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vōmer m (genitive vōmeris); third declension
- ploughshare
- vomere findere terras ― to cleave the earth by plow
- (informal) penis
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “vomer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vomer in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “vomer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vomer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French vomer.
Noun
vomer n (plural vomere)
- vomer, vomer bone
Declension