omphalos

Senso (Inglese)

1. An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.
2. The theological proposition that the world was created with certain indicia of a history which had not actually occurred (such as the humans who had never been connected to umbilical cords being created with navels).
3. The navel.
4. A raised central point; a boss.
5. The center or hub.

Concetti

ombelico

umbilico

onfalo

sinonimi

navel

umbilicus

belly button

omphalus

hub

bellybutton

pivot

midpoint

mid-point

pole

beer belly

median point

umbilic

umbillicus

nombril

neutral point

centre point

central pivot

Chungshu

main center

centre middle

mid-position

terminal

center

centre

electrode

fulcrum

hilum

middle point

Traduzioni

melic

ombilic

nombril

llombrígol

سُرّة

Bauchnabel

Nabel

ομφαλός

omphalos

umbilicus

navel

umbigo

umbilicus

pupo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɒmfəlɒs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”). Doublet of navel.