conjuntiva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɲ.ʒunˈti.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɲ.ʒunˈti.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [koɲ.d͡ʒunˈti.va]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (literally “conjunctive membrane”).

Noun

conjuntiva f (plural conjuntives)

1. (anatomy, ophthalmology) conjunctiva (membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid)

Related terms

• conjuntivitis

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

conjuntiva

1. feminine singular of conjuntiu

Further reading

• “conjuntiu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “conjuntiva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “conjuntiva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒũˈti.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒũˈti.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒũˈti.bɐ/ [kõ.ʒũˈti.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ivɐ
• Hyphenation: con‧jun‧ti‧va

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (literally “conjunctive membrane”).

Noun

conjuntiva f (plural conjuntivas)

1. (anatomy, ophthalmology) conjunctiva (membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid)

Related terms

• conjuntivite
• conjuntivo
• conjunto

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

conjuntiva

1. feminine singular of conjuntivo

Further reading

• “conjuntiva” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “conjuntiva” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “conjuntiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “conjuntiva” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “conjuntiva” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konxunˈtiba/ [kõŋ.xũn̪ˈt̪i.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: con‧jun‧ti‧va

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (literally “conjunctive membrane”).

Noun

conjuntiva f (plural conjuntivas)

1. (anatomy, ophthalmology) conjunctiva (membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

conjuntiva

1. feminine singular of conjuntivo

Further reading

• “conjuntivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014