uvula

Senso (Inglese)

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.
2. the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate
3. an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper

Concetti

ugola

uvula

velopendulo

uvola

sinonimi

epiglottis

soft palate

swallow

drink

🥤

lick

cooked rice

meal

ligule

uvula palatina

advice

destruction

gullet

tune

voice

roof of mouth

Adam’s apple

Traduzioni

luette

Gaumenzäpfchen

úvula

uvule

Uvula

huig

Zäpfchen

úvula

úvula

uvula

σταφυλή

campanilla

küçük dil

galillo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈjuː.vjʊl.ə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Late Latin ūvula, diminutive of ūva (“grape”).