# palpebra
## English
### Etymology

Borrowing from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”). Compare Middle English palpebre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

palpebra (plural palpebrae or (archaic) palpebræ)
* (anatomy) An eyelid.

#### Related terms

* palpebral
* palpebrate

### 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: (Central) [pəlˈpe.βɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pəlˈpe.bɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [palˈpe.bɾa]

### Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebres)
* Alternative form of parpella

## Interlingua
### Noun

palpebra (plural palpebras)
* eyelid

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin palpebra (“eyelid”), from palpō (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpal.pe.bra/
* Rhymes: -alpebra
* Hyphenation: pàl‧pe‧bra
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebre)
* eyelid

### Further reading

* palpebra in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* palpebra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpal.pe.bra/, [ˈpäɫ̪pɛbrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /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 Latin)

#### Noun

palpebra f (genitive palpebrae); first declension
* (literal, usually in the plural) an eyelid
    Synonym: cilium
* (transferred sense, in the plural)
** eyelashes
    Synonym: (Medieval Latin) cilia
** (Ecclesiastical Latin) the eyes
    Synonym: oculī
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##### Inflection

First-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

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

##### Related terms

* palpābilis
* palpāmen
* palpāmentum
* palpātiō
* palpātor
* palpebrātiō
* palpitātiō
* palpitātus
* palpitō
* palpō
* palpus

##### Descendants

* Italo-Dalmatian:
** Italian: palpetra, palpebra (latinized)
** Sicilian: pàrpitra
** Venetan: palpiera, palpera
* Rhaeto-Romance:
** Friulian: palpiere
* Gallo-Italic:
** Piedmontese: parpèira, parpèira, parpèra, palpèra, parpèla, parpaivre, parpaj
* Gallo-Romance:
** Catalan: palpa, pàlpet, pàrpet, parpella, parpell, parpall, parpalla, pàrpol, parpre, pipella
** French: paupière
** Occitan: parpèla
*** Gascon: parpèra, perpèra
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: parpiello
** Asturian: párpagu, párpadu
** Galician: perfeba, perceba, prefreba
** Spanish: párpado
* Borrowings:
** → Catalan: palpebra
** → English: palpebra
** → Esperanto: palpebro
** → Galician: pálpebra
** → Ido: palpebro
** → Interlingua: palpebra
** → Middle English: palpebre
** → Portuguese: pálpebra
** → Romanian: palpebră
** → Spanish: pálpebra

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

palpebra n
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of palpebrum

### See also

* oculus

### 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.