fulcrum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“prop up, support”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfʊlkɹəm/, /ˈfʌlkɹəm/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfʊlkɹəm/, /ˈfɐlkɹəm/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈfʊlkɹəm/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈfʉlkɾəm/, /ˈfʌlkɾəm/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈfʊlkɾəm/, /ˈfʌlkɾəm/ (Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈfʉlkɹəm/, /ˈfʌlkɹəm/ === Noun === fulcrum (plural fulcrums or fulcra) (mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots. (figurative) A crux or pivot; a central point. ==== Related terms ==== fulcral ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From fulciō + -crum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊɫ.krũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈful.krum] === Noun === fulcrum n (genitive fulcrī); second declension bedpost foot (of a couch) (pars pro toto) couch ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: fulcre English: fulcrum French: fulcrum Italian: fulcro Portuguese: fulcro Sicilian: furcru Spanish: fulcro ⇒ Translingual: Fulcrifera === References === “fulcrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fulcrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fulcrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “fulcrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin