Dictionary

acetabulum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌæs.ɪˈtæb.jʊl.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌæs.əˈtæb.jəl.əm/ (General-American)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acētābulum (“vinegar saucer, 1/48 congius”), from acētum (“vinegar”) + -bulum (“-bule: a vessel for”).

Meanings

1. The bony cup of the hip bone which receives the head of the femur.
   • Holonyms: hip joint; hip bone < pelvis
2. The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
3. A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
4. The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
5. One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
6. A vinegar saucer, especially (historical) in ancient Roman contexts.
7. (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2½ Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time.

Forms

Coordinates

hemina · urna · congius · lingula · cyathus · culeus · quartarius · sextarius · amphora

Deriveds

aceto- · acetabulate · acetabular · acetabulo-

Relateds

ilium · femoral head · ischium · pubis

Synonyms

cotyloid cavity · cotyle

Translations (39)

id asetabulum (large posterior sucker of the leeches) · la acētābulum (sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish) · fr acétabulum (bony cup of the pelvis) · bg вендуза (sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish) · la acētābulum (small Roman unit of liquid volume) · ca acetàbul (cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted) · pl panewka stawu biodrowego (bony cup of the pelvis) · bg ацетабулум (bony cup of the pelvis) · fr acétabulum (socket of the hipbone) · la acētābulum (vinegar cup) · de Hüftgelenkspfanne (bony cup of the pelvis) · es acetábulo (bony cup of the pelvis) · ro acetabul (bony cup of the pelvis) · cs octenka (vinegar cup) · bg ацетабулум (vinegar cup) · es acetábulo (vinegar cup) · id asetabulum (socket of the hipbone) · la acētābulum (socket of the hipbone) · ca acetàbul (large posterior sucker of the leeches) · ca acetàbul (sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish) · lt gūžduobė (bony cup of the pelvis) · fi imukuppi (large posterior sucker of the leeches) · pt acetábulo (bony cup of the pelvis) · ms asetabulum (bony cup of the pelvis) · la acētābulum (cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted) · ca acetàbul (bony cup of the pelvis) · cmn 髖臼 /髋臼 (bony cup of the pelvis) · bg ацетабулум (small Roman unit of liquid volume) · bg ацетабулум (socket of the hipbone) · fi imukuppi (sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish) · la acētābulum (bony cup of the pelvis) · fr acétabule (cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted) · ca acetàbul (vinegar cup) · id asetabulum (bony cup of the pelvis) · fi lonkkamalja (bony cup of the pelvis) · ru вертлу́жная впа́дина (bony cup of the pelvis) · fr acétabule (vinegar cup) · fr acétabule (bony cup of the pelvis) · fa قاروره (vinegar cup)