biceps

== English == === Etymology === From Latin biceps (“double-headed, two-peaked”), from bis (“double”) + caput (“head”). See there for more details. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.sɛps/ === Noun === biceps (plural biceps or bicepses or bicipites) (anatomy) Any muscle having two heads. Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow. (informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm. Synonyms: guns, pipes, pythons (prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia). Antonym: princeps ==== Usage notes ==== Now often mistaken as a plural form; see bicep. An archaic plural bicipites, borrowed from the Latin, also exists. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin biceps (“two-headed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.sɛps/ Hyphenation: bi‧ceps Rhymes: -isɛps === Noun === biceps m (plural bicepsen, diminutive bicepsje n) (anatomy) biceps; any two-headed muscle the biceps brachii ==== Synonyms ==== (biceps brachii): armbuigspier, elleboogbuiger, spierbal ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: biseps === See also === tweekoppige == French == === Etymology === From Latin biceps (“double-headed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bi.sɛps/ === Noun === biceps m (invariable) (anatomy) biceps (any two-headed muscle) the biceps brachii ==== Derived terms ==== avoir du biceps biceps brachial biceps crural biceps fémoral === Further reading === “biceps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Alternative forms === bicapitēs bicipēs === Etymology === From bis (“twice”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɪ.kɛps] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbiː.t͡ʃeps] === Adjective === biceps (genitive bicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective double-headed, having two heads (of mountains) having two summits or peaks (of swords) double-edged (by extension) divided into two parts ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (double-headed): anceps (divided into two parts): duplex ==== Related terms ==== anceps caput centiceps triceps ==== Descendants ==== === References === “biceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “biceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bizeps. First attested in 1810. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.t͡sɛps/ Rhymes: -it͡sɛps Syllabification: bi‧ceps === Noun === biceps m inan biceps brachii Synonyms: bicek, buła prężyć bicepsy ― to flex one's biceps ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === biceps in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN biceps in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French biceps, from Latin biceps (“two-headed”). === Noun === biceps m (plural bicepși) biceps; any two-headed muscle the biceps brachii ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Latin biceps (“two-headed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bǐt͡seps/ Hyphenation: bi‧ceps === Noun === bìceps m inan (Cyrillic spelling бѝцепс) biceps ==== Declension ==== === References === “biceps”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026