Standard Lemma guide

uterine

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈjutəɹaɪn/
  • /ˈjutəɹɪn/
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  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 T ER0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the uterus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wombly

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Born of the same mother but of a different father.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • uterine siblings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A uterine sibling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or involving the uterus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • uterine cancer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. By surface analysis, uter- + -ine.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արգանդային (argandayin) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Bulgarian: маточен (matočen) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Bulgarian: утробен (utroben) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Catalan: uterí — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 子宮 /子宫 (zi2 gung1) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Hakka Chinese: 子宮 /子宫 (chṳ́-kiûng) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Chinese: 子宮 /子宫 (zh-min-nan) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Chinese: 生囝袋 (sen-kián-tē, sin-kián-tē) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Jin Chinese: 子宮 /子宫 (zi2 gung1) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子宮 /子宫 (zǐgōng) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Dutch: baarmoeder- — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Esperanto: utera — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • French: utérin — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Galician: uterino — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Greek: μητρικός (mitrikós) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Ido: uterala — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Italian: uterino — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Latin: uterīnus — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Polish: maciczny — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Russian: утробный (utrobnyj) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Russian: маточный (matočnyj) — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Spanish: uterino — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Volapük: vümik — of or pertaining to the uterus
  • Catalan: uterí — born of the same mother but of a different father
  • Chinese: 仝母各爸 (kāng-bó-koh-pēe) — born of the same mother but of a different father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同母異父 /同母异父 (tóngmǔ yìfù) — born of the same mother but of a different father
  • Xiang Chinese: 共娘隔爺 /共娘隔爷 (gong4 nyian2 ge6 ia2) — born of the same mother but of a different father
  • Japanese: 胤違い (tanechigai) — born of the same mother but of a different father
  • Japanese: 異父 (ifu) — born of the same mother but of a different father
  • Japanese: 行き合い (yukiai) — born of the same mother but of a different father
  • Latin: uterīnus — born of the same mother but of a different father
  • Polish: przyrodni — born of the same mother but of a different father
Real reading context

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