adenoides

See also: adénoïdes

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.dɛ.noˈiː.deːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.de.noˈiː.des]

Adjective

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

(medicine) adenoid

Inflection

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

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	adenoīdēs	adenoīdes	adenoīdēs	adenoīda adenoīdia¹
genitive	adenoīdis		adenoīdum adenoīdium¹
dative	adenoīdī		adenoīdibus
accusative	adenoīdem	adenoīdes	adenoīdīs adenoīdēs	adenoīda adenoīdia¹
ablative	adenoīde adenoīdī¹		adenoīdibus
vocative	adenoīdēs	adenoīdes	adenoīdēs	adenoīda adenoīdia¹

¹It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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

plural of adenoide

Noun

adenoides

plural of adenoide

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

adenoides

plural of adenoide

Noun

adenoides

plural of adenoide