peritoneu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιον (peritónaion), from περιτόναιος (peritónaios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pə.ɾi.tuˈnɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.ɾi.toˈnɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.ɾi.toˈnɛw]
• Rhymes: -ɛw
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧to‧neu

Noun

peritoneu m (plural peritoneus)

1. (anatomy) peritoneum

Derived terms

• peritoneal

Further reading

• “peritoneu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ɾi.toˈnew/ [pe.ɾi.toˈneʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ɾi.tuˈnew/

Noun

peritoneu m (plural peritoneus)

1. (anatomy) peritoneum (membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen)

   Synonyms: peritónio, peritônio

Further reading

• “peritoneu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “peritoneu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin peritonaeum or Italian peritoneo or French péritoine.

Noun

peritoneu n (plural peritonee)

1. peritoneum

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	peritoneu	peritoneuul		peritonee	peritoneele
genitive-dative	peritoneu	peritoneuului		peritonee	peritoneelor
vocative	peritoneuule			peritoneelor