funis

See also: fuñís

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin fūnis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

funis

1. A cord or a cord-like structure.
2. (medicine, specifically) Umbilical cord.

Derived terms

• funisitis

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from *fudnis, from Proto-Italic *fondnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.nis]

Noun

fūnis m (genitive fūnis); third declension

1. rope, cord, line

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	fūnis	fūnēs
genitive	fūnis	fūnium
dative	fūnī	fūnibus
accusative	fūnem	fūnēs fūnīs
ablative	fūne	fūnibus
vocative	fūnis	fūnēs

Derived terms

• fūnālis
• fūnambulus
• fūnārius
• fūnicula
• fūniculus
• fūnirēpus

Descendants

• → English: funis (learned)
• Aromanian: funi
• Italian: fune
• Romanian: funie
• Sicilian: funi
• Sardinian: fune, funi
• Welsh: ffun

References

• “funis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “funis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "funis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “funis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈnis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈnis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fuˈniʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈniʃ/

• Hyphenation: fu‧nis

Noun

funis m

1. plural of funil