# uterus
## English
### Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

### Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)
* (anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
    Synonyms: belly, matrix (now archaic), metra, womb
** (zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals.

#### Derived terms

* cordiform uterus
* corpus uteri
* uterine
* uterus bicornis
* uterus didelphis
* uterus didelphys

#### Related terms

* hystera
* hysterectomy
* hysteria
* in utero

#### Descendants

* → Czech: uterus
* → Malay: uterus
* → Swahili: uterasi

#### See also

* Müllerian ducts (embryological precursor)
* internal genitalia

### Further reading

* “uterus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “uterus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “uterus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* suture

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* uter

### Etymology

Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈutɛrus]
* Hyphenation: ute‧rus

### Noun

uterus m inan
* (anatomy) womb, uterus
    Synonym: děloha

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “uterus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “uterus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʊtɛrʊs]
* Rhymes: -ɛrʊs
* Hyphenation: utè‧rus

### Noun

utèrus (plural uterus-uterus)
* (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus
    Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

#### Alternative forms

* uterus /utərus/ (Standard Malay)

#### Related terms

* saudara (“sibling”, literally “from the same womb”)

### Further reading

* “uterus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* uterum

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈʊt̪ɛrʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈuːt̪erus]

### Noun

uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension
* (anatomy) womb, uterus
* fetus, newborn
* belly, paunch

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* uterculus
* uterīnus

#### Descendants

* Catalan: úter
* English: uterus
** → Czech: uterus
** → Malay: uterus
** → Swahili: uterasi
* French: utérus
* Galician: útero
* Interlingua: utero
* Italian: utero
* Malay: uterus
* Piedmontese: ùter/üter
* Portuguese: útero
* Romanian: uter
* Sicilian: ùtiru
* Spanish: útero
* → Turkish: uterus

### References

* ↑ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “uterus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 647

### Further reading

* “uterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “uterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* uterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /utərus/
* Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

### Noun

uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)
* (anatomy) womb, uterus
    Synonyms: peranakan, kandung, kandungan, rahim

#### Alternative forms

* utèrus (Indonesian)

### Further reading

* “uterus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin uterus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈte.ɾus/
* Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

### Noun

uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)
* (anatomy) womb, uterus
    Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim

### Further reading

* “uterus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uterus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük