adenoides

See also: adénoïdes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δενοειδής (adenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ᾰ̓δήν (adḗn, “gland”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.de.noˈiː.deːs/, [äd̪ɛnoˈiːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.de.noˈi.des/, [äd̪enoˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

adenoīdēs (neuter adenoīdes or adenoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (medicine) adenoid

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	adenoīdēs	adenoīdes1 adenoīdēs		adenoīdēs	adenoīdia
Genitive	adenoīdis			adenoīdium
Dative	adenoīdī			adenoīdibus
Accusative	adenoīdem	adenoīdes1 adenoīdēs		adenoīdēs	adenoīdia
Ablative	adenoīdī			adenoīdibus
Vocative	adenoīdes1 adenoīdēs			adenoīdēs	adenoīdia

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Descendants

• → French: adénoïde
  • → English: adenoid
  • → Portuguese: adenoide
  • → Romanian: adenoid

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnoj.d͡ʒis/ [a.deˈnoɪ̯.d͡ʒis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnoj.d͡ʒis/ [a.deˈnoɪ̯.d͡ʒis]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnoj.d͡ʒiʃ/ [a.deˈnoɪ̯.d͡ʒiʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnoj.des/ [a.deˈnoɪ̯.des]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈnoj.dɨʃ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈnoj.ðɨʃ]

Adjective

adenoides

1. plural of adenoide

Noun

adenoides

1. plural of adenoide

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adeˈnoides/ [a.ð̞eˈnoi̯.ð̞es]
• Rhymes: -oides
• Syllabification: a‧de‧noi‧des

Adjective

adenoides

1. plural of adenoide

Noun

adenoides

1. plural of adenoide