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Femur

Femur

See also: femur, fémur, fèmur, and fêmur

German

Femur

Noun

Femur m, n (genitive Femurs or Femora, plural Femur or Femora)

  1. femur

Synonyms

femur

femur

See also: Femur, fémur, fèmur, and fêmur

English

Noun

femur (plural femurs or femora)

  1. (anatomy) A thighbone.
  2. A segment of the leg of an insect or arachnid.

Derived terms

Translations

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Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

femur n (genitive feminis or femoris); third declension

  1. thigh
  2. (architecture) the space between the grooves of a triglyph
  3. (figuratively) the loins; capacity to produce children.

Inflection

Third declension neuter.
Case Singular Plural
nominative femur femina
genitive feminis feminum
dative feminī feminibus
accusative femur femina
ablative femine feminibus
vocative femur femina
Third declension neuter.
Case Singular Plural
nominative femur femora
genitive femoris femorum
dative femorī femoribus
accusative femur femora
ablative femore femoribus
vocative femur femora

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

See for

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.mur/, [ˈfeː.mʊr]

Verb

fēmur

  1. first-person plural present active subjunctive of for

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