omentum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ōmentum. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛntəm === Noun === omentum (plural omentums or omenta) (anatomy) Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from another Italic language such as Umbrian 𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌍 (umen), 𐌖𐌌𐌍𐌄 (umne, “ointment”), from Proto-Italic *ongʷn̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (“fat, butter”). Related to Latin unguen (“fat; ointment”) and formally to unguentum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === ōmentum n (genitive ōmentī); second declension (anatomy) the adipose membrane which encloses the bowels the bowels (anatomy) any membrane which envelops an internal part of the body ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: oment → English: omentum → Italian: omento → Spanish: omento === References === “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “omentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin omentum. === Noun === omentum n (plural omentumuri) (anatomy) omentum ==== Declension ==== === References === omentum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN