urethra

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jʊəˈɹiːθɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /jʊˈɹiθɹə/

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urethra (plural urethras or urethrae)

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

• urogenital sinus - embryological precursor

• prostatic urethra
• urethritis

• ureter
• urinary tract

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌyˈreː.traː/

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• Hyphenation: ure‧thra

urethra f (plural urethrae or urethra's, no diminutive)

1. urethra

   Synonyms: urinebuis, urinekanaal, urineleider

• urethraal

Borrowed from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [uːˈreː.tʰra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [uˈrɛː.tra]

ūrēthra f (genitive ūrēthrae); first declension

1. (anatomy) urethra

First-declension noun.

• “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.