quadriceps

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- +‎ -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹɪ.sɛps/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑːd.ɹəˌsɛps/

Noun

quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)

1. (anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.

Synonyms

• quads

Derived terms

• quadricipital

Related terms

• biceps
• triceps
• quadricep
• quadriceps femoris
• quadriceps tendon
• quadricepsplasty

Translations

a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.

• Bulgarian: четириглав мускул m (četiriglav muskul)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四頭肌／四头肌 (zh) (sìtóujī), 股四頭肌／股四头肌 (zh) (gǔsìtóujī)

• Finnish: nelipäinen reisilihas (fi)
• French: quadriceps (fr) m
• Italian: quadricipite (it) m
• Maori: uawhā
• Russian: квадрицепс (ru) (kvadriceps), четырёхглавая мышца (četyrjóxglavaja myšca)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, from quadri- +‎ -ceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.dʁi.sɛps/, /ka.dʁi.sɛps/

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Noun

quadriceps m (plural quadriceps)

1. quadriceps (muscle)

Further reading

• “quadriceps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From quadri- (“four”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.dri.keps/, [ˈkʷäd̪rɪkɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dri.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈkwäːd̪rit͡ʃeps]

Adjective

quadriceps (genitive quadricipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. four-headed, having four heads

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	quadriceps			quadricipitēs	quadricipitia
genitive	quadricipitis			quadricipitium
dative	quadricipitī			quadricipitibus
accusative	quadricipitem	quadriceps		quadricipitēs	quadricipitia
ablative	quadricipitī			quadricipitibus
vocative	quadriceps			quadricipitēs	quadricipitia