English
Etymology
Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle, diminutive of fontaine (“fountain, spring”).
Noun
fontanelle (plural fontanelles)
- (anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
- (music) 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.
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Derived terms
Translations
soft spot on a baby's head
- Arabic: يَأْفُوخ m (yaʔfūḵ)
- Egyptian Arabic: يافوخ m (yāfūḵ)
- Azerbaijani: əmgək sg
- Belarusian: це́мечка n (cjémječka)
- Breton: feunteunig (br) f
- Bulgarian: фонтане́ла f (fontanéla)
- Catalan: fontanel·la f
- Cebuano: hubon
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 囟門 / 囟门 (zh) (xìnmén), 囟腦門兒 / 囟脑门儿 (zh) (xìnnǎoménr)
- Czech: lupínek m, fontanela f
- Dutch: fontanel (nl) m or f
- Farefare: zulika
- Finnish: aukile (fi)
- French: fontanelle (fr) f
- Galician: moleira (gl) f, fontanela (gl) f
- Georgian: ყიფლიანდი (q̇ipliandi), ყიფლიბანდი (q̇iplibandi)
- German: Fontanelle (de) f
- Hebrew: מַרְפֵּס (he)
- Hungarian: kutacs (hu), feje lágya
- Icelandic: hausamót n pl
- Ido: fontanelo (io)
- Ilocano: lulonan
- Ingrian: lekama
- Irish: cró an chinn m, cró na baithise m
- Italian: fontanella (it) f
- Japanese: 泉門 (ja) (せんもん, senmon), 顋門 (ja) (ひよめき, hiyomeki)
- Kashubian: cemiączkò n
- Kazakh: еңбек (eñbek)
- Khmer: បង្ហើយ (km) (bɑnghaəy)
- Korean: 숨구멍 (sumgumeong), 정문 (ko) (jeongmun)
- Malay: fontanel, ubun-ubun (ms)
- Maori: wāhi tāmomo, pūmotomoto
- Persian: ملاج (fa) (malâj)
- Polish: ciemiączko (pl) n
- Portuguese: fontanela (pt) f, moleira (pt) f
- Romanian: fontanelă (ro) f
- Russian: родничо́к (ru) m (rodničók), те́мечко (ru) n (témečko)
- Slovak: fontanela f
- Spanish: fontanela f, mollera f
- Swedish: fontanell (sv) c
- Tagalog: bumbunan
- Telugu: బ్రహ్మరంధ్రము (te) (brahmarandhramu)
- Thai: กระหม่อม (th) (grà-mɔ̀m), ขม่อม (th) (kà-mɔ̀ɔm)
- Turkish: bıngıldak (tr), imik (tr)
- Ukrainian: джере́льце n (džerélʹce), ті́м'ячко n (tímʺjačko)
- Vietnamese: thóp (vi), mỏ ác (vi)
- Yoruba: àwùjẹ̀
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Further reading
French
Etymology
From Old French fontenelle.
Noun
fontanelle f (plural fontanelles)
- fontanelle
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fon.taˈnɛl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛlle
- Hyphenation: fon‧ta‧nèl‧le
Noun
fontanelle f
- plural of fontanella