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4-letter words (3 found)

LUNA,ULAN,ULNA,

3-letter words (2 found)

ALU,LUN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AN,LA,NA,NU,UN,

You can make 11 words from ulna according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ulna

ulna luna unla nula lnua nlua ulan luan ualn auln laun alun unal nual uanl aunl naul anul lnau nlau lanu alnu nalu anlu

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Definitions and meaning of ulna

ulna

Etymology

From Latin ulna (elbow). Doublet of ell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʌlnə/

Noun

ulna (plural ulnae or ulnas)

  1. (anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
    Synonym: elbow bone

Derived terms

  • ulnar

Translations

See also

  • radius

Anagrams

  • Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Lu'an, Luna, auln, luan, luna, ulan, unal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈul.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈul.na]

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnes)

  1. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbit

Further reading

  • “ulna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

  1. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

  • “ulna” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Irish

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)

  1. (anatomy) ulna

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ulna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ulna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • Entries containing “ulna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈul.na/
  • Rhymes: -ulna
  • Hyphenation: ùl‧na

Noun

ulna f (plural ulne)

  1. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cubito

Related terms

  • ulnare

Anagrams

  • Luna, luna

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *olenā, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l(e)n-, from the root *Heh₃l- (to bend), although this reconstruction remains uncertain. Related to Old Armenian ուլն (uln, neck), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, cubit), Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita, cheek), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē, elbow), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, the point of a needle), Albanian llërë (upper arm), Welsh elin (forearm; elbow).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈul.na/, [ˈʊɫ̪nä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈul.na/, [ˈulnä]

Noun

ulna f (genitive ulnae); first declension (poetic)

  1. (anatomy) elbow-bone, ulna
  2. (pars pro toto) arm
  3. a linear measure, cubit, ell

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • ? Proto-Albanian: *ulnā
  • Catalan: ulna (learned)
  • English: ulna
  • Galician: ulna (learned)
  • Italian: ulna (learned)
  • Portuguese: ulna (learned)
  • Spanish: ulna (learned)

References

  • ulna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ulna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ulna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ulna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ulna (elbow).

Pronunciation

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

  1. (anatomy, Brazil) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito (Portugal)

Hypernyms

  • osso

See also

  • cotovelo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈulna/ [ˈul.na]
  • Rhymes: -ulna
  • Syllabification: ul‧na

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

  1. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

  • “ulna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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