cerebellum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌseɹəˈbeləm/
Noun
cerebellum (plural cerebellums or cerebella)
- (neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the cerebrum. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.
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Translations
part of the hindbrain in vertebrates
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ke.reˈbel.lum/, [kɛ.rɛˈbɛl.lʊ̃]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃe.reˈbel.lum/
Noun
cerebellum n (genitive cerebellī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cerebellum | cerebella |
Genitive | cerebellī | cerebellōrum |
Dative | cerebellō | cerebellīs |
Accusative | cerebellum | cerebella |
Ablative | cerebellō | cerebellīs |
Vocative | cerebellum | cerebella |
Descendants
- Aromanian: crier, criel
- Asturian: cerebelu (borrowed)
- Catalan: cervell, cerebel (borrowed)
- Corsican: ciarbeddu, ciarbellu
- Dalmatian: carviale
- English: cerebellum (borrowed)
- French: cerveau, cervelle
- Friulian: cerviel, čurviel
- Galician: cerebelo (borrowed)
- Greek: τσερβέλο (tservélo) (borrowed)
- Italian: cervello, cerebello (borrowed), cerebellare
- Norman: chèrvé
- Occitan: cervèl
- Portuguese: cerebelo (borrowed)
- Romanian: cerebel (borrowed), creier
- Romansh: tscharvè
- Sardinian: cerbedhu, cerbeddu, cherveddu, carbedhu, carbeddu, cialbedhu, carvedhu, carveddu
- Sicilian: ciriveddu, cirbeddu, cirveddu
- Spanish: cerebelo (borrowed)
- Venetian: serveło, zerveło, çervèlo, çervèl
- Walloon: cervea
References
- cerebellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cerebellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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