sinus

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• /ˈsaɪ.nəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: S AY1 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin sinus (“a bent surface, curve, hollow”). Doublet of sine.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sinus — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Afrikaans: sinusse — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Arabic: جَيْب اَلْأُنْف (jayb al-ʔunf) — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Arabic: جيوب أنفية (geyuub ʔanfeya) — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Asturian: senu — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Bulgarian: синус (sinus) — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Catalan: si — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Chinese Mandarin: 竇 /窦 (dòu) — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Czech: sinus — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Czech: dutina — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Esperanto: sinuso — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Finnish: ontelo — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• French: sinus — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Galician: seo — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• German: Sinus — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• German: (paranasal) Nasennebenhöhle — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Hungarian: üreg — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Ido: sinuso — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Italian: seno — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Japanese: 副鼻腔 (fukubikō) — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Māori: pakohu — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Persian: کاوک (kāvak) — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Plautdietsch: Hollinj — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Polish: zatoka — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Portuguese: seio — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Romanian: sinus — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Russian: па́зуха (pázuxa) — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: seno — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: cavidad sinusal — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: seno facial — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: seno craneal — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: seno craneano — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: seno craniano — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: seno cefálico — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: alvéolo sinusal — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Spanish: alveolo sinusal — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Turkish: sinüs — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Volapük: sinud — pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue
• Chinese Mandarin: 竇 /窦 (dòu) — venous or lymphatic cavity
• Chinese Mandarin: 竇性 /窦性 (dòuxìng) — relating to the sinoatrial node
• Finnish: avanne — abnormal cavity or passage
• Russian: свищ (svišč) — abnormal cavity or passage
• Russian: фи́стула (fístula) — abnormal cavity or passage