vibrissae

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈbɹɪsaɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

vibrissae

1. plural of vibrissa

Latin

Etymology

From vibrō (“I tremble, vibrate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈbris.sae̯/, [u̯ɪˈbrɪs̠ːäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈbris.se/, [viˈbrisːe]

Noun

vibrissae f pl (genitive vibrissārum); first declension (plural only)

1. whiskers, the hairs of the nose

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	vibrissae
genitive	vibrissārum
dative	vibrissīs
accusative	vibrissās
ablative	vibrissīs
vocative	vibrissae

Descendants

• Italian: vibrissa

References

• vibrissae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vibrissae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press