malleus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) hammer, mallet
2. (declension-2, masculine) a disease of animals
3. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) the malleus, a small bone in the middle ear

Concepts

hammer

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malleus

Synonyms

martellus

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marcus

Translations

Hammer

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martello

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marteau

martell

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martelo

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martillo

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hamer

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çekiç

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keçûç

çekûç

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σφυρί

مطرقة

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ثاكوث

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmal.le.ʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-no-, from *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), whence also molō (“I grind”). Compare similar semantic development from the same Proto-Indo-European root in Old Church Slavonic млатъ (mlatŭ, “hammer”), beside the verb млѣти (mlěti, “grind”).