English

Noun

fauces pl ‎(plural only)

1. (anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
2. (botany) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
3. (zoology) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Translations

References

• Hurme, Pesonen, Syväoja, "Englanti-Suomi suursanakirja", ISBN 9510184349, 4th ed., 1993, page 426
• "Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language", new rev. ed., 1994, ISBN 0517150263, page 702. Based on "The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, the Unabridged Edition", 2nd ed., 1993

Latin

Etymology

Plural of faux, of unknown etymology.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʊ.keːs/

Noun

faucēs f pl ‎(genitive faucium); third declension

1. throat, pharynx, gullet
2. a narrow entrance, entry passage

Inflection

The word is often plural, although a single instance of the nominative singular form faux is known.

Descendants

• English: fauces
• Italian: fauci
• Portuguese: fauce
• Spanish: fauces

References

• fauces in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fauces in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FAUCES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fauces”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• fauces in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fauces in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Spanish

Noun

fauces

1. plural of fauce