foetus

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːtəs/

foetus (plural foetuses or foeti)

1. (chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of fetus
   • 1815, Nathaniel Highmore, Case of a Foetus Found in the Abdomen of a Young Man:

     Amongst professional men, who have examined this singular foetus, a variety of opinions and conjectures have been formed, some of which it maybe well to notice.

   • 1990, James M. Tanner, Foetus Into Man: Physical Growth from Conception to Maturity, →ISBN, page 40:

     During the last 10 weeks in utero the foetus stores very considerable amounts of energy in the form of fat.

   • 2006, Denise Walker, Reproduction, Breathing and Health, →ISBN, page 23:

     The foetus gains all its food and oxygen from the mother during pregnancy.

The form fetus is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.

• foetal

• “foetus” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

From Latin fētus

• IPA^(key): /ˈføːtʏs/

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• Hyphenation: foe‧tus

foetus n or m (plural foetussen, diminutive foetusje n)

1. fetus

• feut

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoe̯.tus/, [ˈfoe̯.tʊs]

foetus (feminine foeta, neuter foetum); first/second declension

1. Alternative form of fētus

First/second declension.

foetus m (genitive foetūs); fourth declension

1. Alternative form of fētus

Fourth declension.

• foetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• foetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette