urethra

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jʊəˈɹiːθɹə/ (General American) IPA(key): /jʊˈɹiθɹə/ === Noun === urethra (plural urethras or urethrae) (anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated. ==== Hypernyms ==== urogenital sinus - embryological precursor ==== Derived terms ==== prostatic urethra urethritis ==== Translations ==== === See also === ureter urinary tract == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ūrēthra, from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌyˈreː.traː/ Hyphenation: ure‧thra === Noun === urethra f (plural urethrae or urethra's, no diminutive) urethra Synonyms: urinebuis, urinekanaal, urineleider ==== Derived terms ==== urethraal == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [uːˈreː.tʰra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uˈrɛː.tra] === Noun === ūrēthra f (genitive ūrēthrae); first declension (anatomy) urethra ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “urethra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “urethra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.