hilum

== English == === Alternative forms === hile, hilus === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hīlum (“a trifle; a spot on a seed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.ləm/ Rhymes: -aɪləm Hyphenation: hi‧lum === Noun === hilum (plural hila) (botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support. (botany) The nucleus of a starch grain. (anatomy) A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ. Synonym: porta ==== Related terms ==== hilar ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Hilum (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hilum (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hīlum (“a trifle; a spot on a seed”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhilum/ [ˈhi.lʊm] Rhymes: -ilum Syllabification: hi‧lum === Noun === hilum (plural hilum-hilum) (anatomy, botany) hilum === Further reading === “hilum”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Unknown, possibly from a Semitic source, or a variant of filum (“thread”) if the original sense was “little thread, fiber”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhiː.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.lum] === Noun === hīlum n (genitive hīlī); second declension trifle (in the negative) not a whit, not in the least Synonym: quicquam ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: hílum → English: hilum, hilus French: hile → German: Hilum Italian: ilo Portuguese: hilo Spanish: hilio === References === “hilum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hilum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "hilum", 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) “hilum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. hilum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016