cervix

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cervīx (“neck”), see below. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪks/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪks/ === Noun === cervix (plural cervixes or cervices) (anatomy) The neck. (anatomy) The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body. (now specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cervīx, see below. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.vɪks/ Hyphenation: cer‧vix === Noun === cervix m (plural cervixen or cervices, diminutive cervixje n) neck the cervix between the uterus and the vagina ==== Synonyms ==== (neck): nek, hals (uterus portion): baarmoederhals ==== Derived terms ==== cervicaal == Latin == === Etymology === According to one hypothesis, from Proto-Italic *kerweiks, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂(s)weyk-s, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-(s-) (“the head”) (compare cerebrum) and *weyk- (“to curve, bend”) (compare vinciō), literally “where the head turns”. De Vaan rejects this etymology, calling it "semantically very doubtful". For the hypothesized sense development, compare Proto-Slavic *vortъ (“neck”) from Proto-Slavic *vortiti (“to turn, return”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, rotate”); Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ (“neck”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”)). Also compare collum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛr.wiːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛr.viks] === Noun === cervīx f (genitive cervīcis); third declension (anatomy, zootomy) neck, nape, throat Synonym: collum (figuratively) great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke) boldness, headstrong behavior (transferred sense) (of an object) neck ==== Usage notes ==== Often used in the plural with singular meaning: ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “cervix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cervix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cervix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cervix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cervīx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 613 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cérvix. === Noun === cervix n (uncountable) cervix ==== Declension ====