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axillary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ækˈsɪləɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈæksɪlɛɹi/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire (“of the axilla”), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axillāris, from axilla (“armpit”), diminutive form of the assumed *axula.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
  2. (not-comparable) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; relating to an axil.

Deriveds

extraaxillary · supraaxillary · axillary hair · transaxillary · intraaxillary · axillary nerve · subaxillary · interaxillary · axillary vein · axillary artery · midaxillary · cervicoaxillary · axillary gland · costoaxillary · infraaxillary

Translations (15)

ca axil·lar (botany) · id aksilar (botany) · ca axil·lar (of or pertaining to the axilla) · gl axilar (botany) · tl biklatan (botany) · es axilar (botany) · fi kainalo- (of or pertaining to the axilla) · gl axilar (of or pertaining to the axilla) · pl pachowy (of or pertaining to the axilla) · pt axilar (of or pertaining to the axilla) · pl szczytowy (botany) · fr axillaire (of or pertaining to the axilla) · cy ceseiliol (botany) · es axilar (of or pertaining to the axilla) · it ascellare (of or pertaining to the axilla)

axillary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ækˈsɪləɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈæksɪlɛɹi/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire (“of the axilla”), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axillāris, from axilla (“armpit”), diminutive form of the assumed *axula.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of axillar.
    alt of axillar

Forms

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axillaries Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

auxiliary