orbita

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orbita (a circuit, orbit).

Pronunciation

Noun

orbita (plural orbitae)

  1. (anatomy) Obsolete form of orbit.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈorbɪta]

Noun

orbita f

  1. orbit (the bony cavity containing the eyeball)
    Synonyms: oční důlek, oční jamka, očnice

Declension

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

From orbito +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /orˈbita/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: or‧bi‧ta

Adjective

orbita (accusative singular orbitan, plural orbitaj, accusative plural orbitajn)

  1. orbital

French

Verb

orbita

  1. third-person singular past historic of orbiter

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orbita. Doublet of orbit.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /orˈbita/ [orˈbi.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: or‧bi‧ta

Noun

orbita (plural orbita-orbita)

  1. orbit:
    1. (anatomy) the bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball
    2. (zoology) the area around the eye of a bird or other animal

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin orbita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr.bi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrbita
  • Hyphenation: òr‧bi‧ta

Noun

orbita f (plural orbite)

  1. (astronomy, mathematics) orbit
  2. (anatomy) eye socket, orbit
    Synonyms: cavità orbitale, cavità orbitaria
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • orbita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (to turn), cognate to Umbrian 𐌖𐌓𐌚𐌄𐌕𐌀 (urfeta).

Two derivational pathways from that root include:[1]

Noun

orbita f (genitive orbitae); first declension

  1. (literally, Classical Latin) A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
    1. (figurative, Old Latin, poetic) A path, track, course.
  2. An impression or mark left by a ligature.
  3. A circuit, orbit.
Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative orbita orbitae
genitive orbitae orbitārum
dative orbitae orbitīs
accusative orbitam orbitās
ablative orbitā orbitīs
vocative orbita orbitae
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

orbitā f

  1. ablative singular of orbita

References

  1. ^ Weiss, Michael (2006) “Latin Orbis and its Cognates”, in Historische Sprachforschung[1], volume 119, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 250–272

Further reading

  • orbita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • orbita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "orbita", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • orbita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orbita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔrˈbi.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: or‧bi‧ta

Noun

orbita f

  1. (astronomy) orbit

Declension

Further reading

  • orbita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • orbita in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative