urethra

English
The urethra is labelled in these diagrams of the female and male genitourinary systems

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /jʊˈɹiːθɹə/

Noun

urethra (plural urethras or urethrae)

  1. (anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in penises, through which semen is ejaculated.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūrēthra, from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌyˈreː.traː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ure‧thra

Noun

urethra f (plural urethrae or urethra's)

  1. urethra
    Synonyms: urinebuis, urinekanaal, urineleider

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uːˈreː.tʰra/, [uːˈreːt̪ʰrä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈre.tra/, [uˈrɛːt̪rä]

Noun

ūrēthra f (genitive ūrēthrae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) urethra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ūrēthra ūrēthrae
Genitive ūrēthrae ūrēthrārum
Dative ūrēthrae ūrēthrīs
Accusative ūrēthram ūrēthrās
Ablative ūrēthrā ūrēthrīs
Vocative ūrēthra ūrēthrae

References
  • “urethra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • urethra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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