palpebra

See also: pálpebra

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”). Compare Middle English palpebre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pɪb.ɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæl.pəb.ɹə/, /pælˈpi.bɹə/
• Rhymes: -iːbɹə

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebrae or (archaic) palpebræ)

1. (anatomy) An eyelid.

Related terms

• palpebral
• palpebrate

References

• “palpebra”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “palpebra”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• rappable

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəlˈpe.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəlˈpe.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [palˈpe.bɾa]

Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebres)

1. Alternative form of parpella

Interlingua

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebras)

1. eyelid

Italian

Etymology

From Latin palpebra (“eyelid”), from palpō (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).

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Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebre)

1. eyelid

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/, [ˈpäɫ̪pɛbrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/, [ˈpälpebrä]

Etymology 1

From palpō (“to touch softly; to caress, flatter”) +‎ -bra (instrumental noun suffix).

Alternative forms

• palpebrum
• palfebra (post-classical)
• *palpetra, *palpetrum (Vulgar Latin)

Noun

palpebra f (genitive palpebrae); first declension

1. (literal, usually in the plural) an eyelid

   Synonym: cilium

2. (transferred sense, in the plural)
   1. eyelashes

      Synonym: (Medieval Latin) cilia

   2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the eyes

      Synonym: oculī

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palpebra	palpebrae
Genitive	palpebrae	palpebrārum
Dative	palpebrae	palpebrīs
Accusative	palpebram	palpebrās
Ablative	palpebrā	palpebrīs
Vocative	palpebra	palpebrae

Derived terms

• palpebrālis (adjective)
• palpebrāris (adjective)
• palpebrō (verb)

Related terms

• palpebrātiō
• palpitātiō
• palpitātus
• palpitō
• palpus
• palpābilis
• palpāmen
• palpāmentum
• palpātiō
• palpātor
• palpō

 

Descendants

Descendants of palpebra in other languages

• Asturian: párpagu, párpadu
• Catalan: parpella, palpebra, parpre
• → English: palpebra
• → Esperanto: palpebro
• French: paupière
• Friulian: palpiere
• Galician: perfeba, perceba, prefreba, → pálpebra
• → Ido: palpebro
• → Interlingua: palpebra
• → Italian: palpebra
• → Middle English: palpebre
• → Portuguese: pálpebra
• Sicilian: pàrpitra
• Spanish: párpado, → pálpebra
• Venetian: palpiera, palpera

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

palpebra n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of palpebrum

See also

• oculus

References

• “palpebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palpebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.