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A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A structural component of some woodwind instruments, such as recorders and shawms, resembling a barrel with holes bored into it, designed to protect the keywork and to allow the sound to project.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fontanel, soft spot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: orifice, opening, porta
Narrower terms: anterior fontanelle, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel
Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle, a diminutive of fontaine (“fountain, spring”) + -elle, from Late Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from font- + -ānus. By surface analysis, font + -an + -elle.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
يَأْفُوخ
(yaʔfūḵ)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Arabic:
يافوخ
(yāfūḵ)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Azerbaijani:
əmgək
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Belarusian:
це́мечка
(cjémječka)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Breton:
feunteunig
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Bulgarian:
фонтане́ла
(fontanéla)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Catalan:
fontanel·la
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Cebuano:
hubon
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Chinese Mandarin:
囟門 /囟门
(xìnmén)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Chinese Mandarin:
囟腦門兒 /囟脑门儿
(xìnnǎoménr)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Czech:
lupínek
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Czech:
fontanela
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Dutch:
fontanel
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Farefare:
zulika
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Finnish:
aukile
— soft spot on a baby's head
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French:
fontanelle
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Galician:
moleira
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Galician:
fontanela
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Georgian:
ყიფლიანდი
(q̇ipliandi)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Georgian:
ყიფლიბანდი
(q̇iplibandi)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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German:
Fontanelle
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Hebrew:
מַרְפֵּס
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Hungarian:
kutacs
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Hungarian:
feje lágya
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Icelandic:
hausamót
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Ido:
fontanelo
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Ilocano:
lulonan
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Ingrian:
lekama
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Irish:
cró an chinn
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Irish:
cró na baithise
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Italian:
fontanella
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Japanese:
泉門
(senmon)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Japanese:
顋門
(hiyomeki)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Kashubian:
cemiączkò
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Kazakh:
еңбек
(eñbek)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Khmer:
បង្ហើយ
(bɑɑbɑnghaəy)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Korean:
숨구멍
(sumgumeong)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Korean:
정문
(jeongmun)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Malay:
fontanel
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Malay:
ubun-ubun
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Māori:
wāhi tāmomo
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Māori:
pūmotomoto
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Persian:
ملاج
(malâj)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Polish:
ciemiączko
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Portuguese:
fontanela
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Portuguese:
moleira
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Romanian:
fontanelă
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Russian:
родничо́к
(rodničók)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Russian:
те́мечко
(témečko)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Slovak:
fontanela
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Spanish:
fontanela
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Spanish:
mollera
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Swedish:
fontanell
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Tagalog:
bumbunan
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Telugu:
బ్రహ్మరంధ్రము
(brahmarandhramu)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Thai:
กระหม่อม
(grà-mɔ̀m)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Thai:
ขม่อม
(kà-mɔ̀ɔm)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Turkish:
bıngıldak
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Turkish:
imik
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Ukrainian:
джере́льце
(džerélʹce)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Ukrainian:
ті́м'ячко
(tímʺjačko)
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Vietnamese:
thóp
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Vietnamese:
mỏ ác
— soft spot on a baby's head
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Yoruba:
àwùjẹ̀
— soft spot on a baby's head
