noun
Meaning 1
A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cupula
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noun
Meaning 2
A moveable object in the ampullae of the ear's semicircular canals that is involved in sensing head rotation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cūpula, from cūpa + -ula. Doublet of cupola. False cognate of English cupule in which English cup is descendant of Old English copp of Germanic origin.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kuoppa — cup-shaped or dome-shaped object
- Finnish: kolo — cup-shaped or dome-shaped object
- Finnish: pahkula — cup-shaped or dome-shaped object
- Polish: kopuła — cup-shaped or dome-shaped object
- Finnish: cupula — anatomy: movable object in the ear
- Hungarian: kocsonyás kúp — anatomy: movable object in the ear
- Hungarian: kocsonyás test — anatomy: movable object in the ear
- Polish: osklepek — anatomy: movable object in the ear