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foetus
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Foetus
FOETUS.
[See Fetus.]Definition 2024
foetus
foetus
English
A foetus at 8 weeks from conception.
Noun
foetus (plural foetuses or foeti)
Usage notes
The form fetus is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.
Derived terms
Translations
fetus — see fetus
References
- “foetus” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈføːtʏs/
- Hyphenation: foe‧tus
Etymology
Noun
foetus n, m (plural foetussen, diminutive foetusje n)
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfoe̯.tus/, [ˈfoe̯.tʊs]
Adjective
foetus m (feminine foeta, neuter foetum); first/second declension
- Alternative form of fētus
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | foetus | foeta | foetum | foetī | foetae | foeta | |
| genitive | foetī | foetae | foetī | foetōrum | foetārum | foetōrum | |
| dative | foetō | foetō | foetīs | ||||
| accusative | foetum | foetam | foetum | foetōs | foetās | foeta | |
| ablative | foetō | foetā | foetō | foetīs | |||
| vocative | foete | foeta | foetum | foetī | foetae | foeta | |
Noun
foetus m (genitive foetūs); fourth declension
- Alternative form of fētus
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | foetus | foetūs |
| genitive | foetūs | foetuum |
| dative | foetuī | foetibus |
| accusative | foetum | foetūs |
| ablative | foetū | foetibus |
| vocative | foetus | foetūs |
References
- foetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “foetus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.