πλακούντας

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς, -οῦντος (plakoûs, -oûntos, “flat cake”), from πλάξ (pláx, “flat thing”). Sense 1 and sense 2 are semantic loans from New Latin placenta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plaˈkundas/
  • Hyphenation: πλα‧κού‧ντας

Noun

πλακούντας • (plakoúntas) m (plural πλακούντες)

  2. (medicine) placenta, afterbirth (vascular organ in mammals during gestation)
    Synonym: ύστερο (ýstero)
    Ο πλακούντας αποβάλλεται μετά τον τοκετό.
    O plakoúntas apoválletai metá ton toketó.
    The placenta is expelled after birth.
  4. (botany) placenta
  5. a type of pie or pastry

Declension

Declension of πλακούντας
singular plural
nominative πλακούντας • πλακούντες •
genitive πλακούντα • πλακούντων •
accusative πλακούντα • πλακούντες •
vocative πλακούντα • πλακούντες •

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