occiput

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin occiput (“the back part of the head”). Compare sinciput. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒk.sɪ.pʌt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑk.səˌpʌt/, /ˈɑk.səp.ət/ === Noun === occiput (plural occipita or occiputs) (chiefly anatomy) The back part of the head or skull. Antonym: sinciput ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “occiput”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “occiput”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “occiput”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “occiput”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin occiput. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔk.si.pyt/ === Noun === occiput m (plural occiputs) (anatomy) occiput Antonym: sinciput ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “occiput”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From ob- (“at, before, over”) + caput (“the head”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔk.kɪ.pʊt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔt.t͡ʃi.put] === Noun === occiput n (genitive occipitis); third declension (anatomy) The back part of the head, the poll; occiput. Synonym: occipitium ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== occipitium occipitālis (New Latin) ==== Descendants ==== English: occiput French: occiput Italian: occipite Portuguese: occiput Sicilian: uccìpiti === References === “occiput”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “occiput”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin occiput. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧put === Noun === occiput m (plural occiputs) (anatomy) occiput (back of the head or skull) Synonyms: occipício, occipúcio, occipital === Further reading === “occiput”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “occiput”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French occiput, from Latin occiput. === Noun === occiput n (plural occiputuri) occiput ==== Declension ====