palpebra

See also: pálpebra

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare Middle English palpebre.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pɪb.ɹə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæl.pəb.ɹə/, /pælˈpi.bɹə/
Rhymes: -iːbɹə

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebrae or (archaic) palpebræ)

(anatomy) An eyelid.

Related terms

References

“palpebra”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“palpebra”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

rappable

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [pəlˈpe.βɾə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəlˈpe.bɾə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [palˈpe.bɾa]

Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebres)

Alternative form of parpella

Interlingua

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebras)

eyelid

Italian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from palpō (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebre)

eyelid

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/, [ˈpäɫ̪pɛbrä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/, [ˈpälpebrä]

Etymology 1

From palpō (“to touch softly; to caress, flatter”) +‎ -bra (instrumental noun suffix).

Alternative forms

palpebrum
palfebra (post-classical)
*palpetra, *palpetrum (Vulgar)

Noun

palpebra f (genitive palpebrae); first declension

(literal, usually in the plural) an eyelid
Synonym: cilium
(transferred sense, in the plural)
1. eyelashes
  Synonym: (Medieval Latin) cilia
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the eyes
  Synonym: oculī

Inflection

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

palpebrālis (adjective)
palpebrāris (adjective)
palpebrō (verb)

Related terms

Descendants

Descendants of palpebra in other languages

Asturian: párpagu, párpadu
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), parpre
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ Esperanto: palpebro
French: paupière
Friulian: palpiere
Galician: perfeba, perceba, prefreba, → pálpebra
→ Ido: palpebro
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ Middle English: palpebre
→ Portuguese: pálpebra
Sicilian: pàrpitra
Spanish: párpado, → pálpebra
Venetian: palpiera, palpera

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

palpebra n

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of palpebrum

References

“palpebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
palpebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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