English

Noun

vibrissae

1. plural form of vibrissa

Latin

Etymology

From vibrō ‎(“I tremble, vibrate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wiːˈbris.sae̯/, [wiːˈbrɪs.sae̯]

Noun

vībrissae f ‎(genitive vībrissārum); first declension (plural only)

1. The hairs of the nose

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Italian: vibrissa

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vibrissae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• vibrissae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press