fetus

Meaning

Adj

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) pregnant, full of young
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) of one who has recently given birth, of one that has newly delivered; nursing
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively) fruitful, fertile, productive, teeming with, full of, big

Noun

1. (declension-4, rare) a bearing, birth, bringing forth
2. (declension-4, poetic) offspring, young, progeny
3. (declension-4) fruit, product; bearing, produce
4. (declension-4, figuratively) growth, production
5. (New-Latin, declension-4) a fetus

Concepts

fetus

foetus

productive

Synonyms

fertilis

foetus

genitalis

Translations

έμβρυο

fœtus

foetus

feto

feto

feto

Fötus

Fetus

productive

fetus

جَنِين

produttiva

produttive

productif

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfeː.tʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fētos, from earlier *θētos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-to-s, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”) + *-tós, see also Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, “to suck, suckle”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu), Old Armenian դիեմ (diem, “to suck mother's milk”), Lithuanian žįsti (“to suckle, nurse”), and Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti, “to breastfeed, suckle”).