buccinator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin buccinātor (“trumpeter”), from buccinō (“blow the trumpet”) +‎ -tor (“-ator, -er”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌk.sɪn.eɪ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌk.səˌneɪ.tɚ/

Noun

buccinator (plural buccinators or buccinatores)

1. (anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

   Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.

Translations

Translations

• Inuktitut: ᐅᓗᐊᑉ ᓄᑭᖓ (oloap nokinga)
• Spanish: buccinador m

References

• “buccinator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “buccinator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buk.kiˈnaː.tor/, [bʊkːɪˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /but.t͡ʃiˈna.tor/, [butː͡ʃiˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

buccinātor m (genitive buccinātōris, feminine buccinātrīx); third declension

1. Alternative spelling of būcinātor.

Descendants

• → English: buccinator

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French buccinateur.

Noun

buccinator m (plural buccinatori)

1. (anatomy) buccinator

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	buccinator	buccinatorul		buccinatori	buccinatorii
genitive-dative	buccinator	buccinatorului		buccinatori	buccinatorilor
vocative	buccinatorule			buccinatorilor