alvus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, feminine) belly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux, diarrhoea
2. (declension-2, feminine) stomach, digestive organs
3. (declension-2, feminine) womb; matrix (of a fruit)
4. (declension-2, feminine) womb
5. (declension-2, feminine) hollow, cavity
6. (declension-2, feminine) hold or hull of a ship or boat
7. (declension-2, feminine) beehive

Concepts

stomach

beehive

abdomen

belly

tummy

hive

paunch

guts

gut

bee-hive

Synonyms

stomachus

venter

alvarium

cavea

alveus

aqualiculus

ventriculus

costa

pectus

Translations

Bienenkorb

colméia

Bauch

Bienenstock

estomac

buik

stomaco

maag

ventre

κοιλιά

arnia

Magen

ruche

bijenkorf

alveare

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈaɫ.wʊs]

Etymology

* From Proto-Italic *aulos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, nominal form of *h₂ewlo- (“tube, hole, channel”), with metathesis. Cognate with Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós), Lithuanian avilỹs. Same metathesis seen in parvus - παῦρος (paûros). For the semantics compare Old Armenian փոր (pʻor, “cavity, hollow; belly”).
* Or from Proto-Italic *alwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish”) + *-wós.