spina

Meaning

1. (declension-1) a thorn or a thorny tree or shrub, such as whitethorn, hawthorn, or blackthorn
2. (declension-1) a thorn, spine, prickle
3. (declension-1) a fishbone
4. (declension-1) the backbone, spine
5. (declension-1) a low wall along the centre of a circus (racecourse); a barrier
6. (declension-1) a toothpick
7. (Classical-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-1, figuratively, in-plural) thorns, difficulties, subtleties, perplexities in speaking and debating
8. (declension-1, figuratively, in-plural) cares
9. (declension-1, figuratively, in-plural) errors

Concepts

thorn

spine

backbone

sloe

toothpick

back

🔙

vertebral column

blackthorn

pick

⛏️

Synonyms

columna vertebralis

vepres

spica

dorsi

spinus

lentiscus

dentiscalpium

spinae curvamen

frondea cuspis

spicna

dorsum

lentiscum

Translations

Wirbelsäule

columna vertebral

colonna vertebrale

columna vertebral

αγκάθι

colonne vertébrale

spina dorsale

espinada

espina

أَسَلَة

Zahnstocher

Rückgrat

σπονδυλική στήλη

Dorn

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈspiː.na]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”).