quadriceps

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• UK: /ˈkwɒd.ɹɪ.sɛps/
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• US: /ˈkwɑːd.ɹəˌsɛps/
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• CMU ARPABET: K W AA1 D R AH0 S EH2 P S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- + -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: четириглав мускул (četiriglav muskul) — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• Chinese Mandarin: 四頭肌 /四头肌 (sìtóujī) — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• Chinese Mandarin: 股四頭肌 /股四头肌 (gǔsìtóujī) — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• Finnish: nelipäinen reisilihas — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• French: quadriceps — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• Italian: quadricipite — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• Māori: uawhā — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• Russian: квадрицепс (kvadriceps) — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• Russian: четырёхглавая мышца (četyrjóxglavaja myšca) — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
• Spanish: cuádriceps — a muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.