name
Meaning 1
An ancient city in Thrace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Kardia
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cardia
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Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)diə
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R D IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: orifice, opening, porta
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Cardia.
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart and possibly of core.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: càrdies — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Chinese: 賁門 /贲门 (hûn-mn̂g) — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Chinese Mandarin: 賁門 /贲门 (bēnmén) — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Czech: kardie — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Czech: česlo — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- French: orifice de l'estomac — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- German: Magenmund — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Hungarian: gyomorszáj — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Icelandic: munnahluti maga — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Italian: cardias — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Japanese: 噴門 (funmon) — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Sicilian: vucca 'i l'arma — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Swedish: övre magmunnen — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- Swedish: cardia — section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach