prostata

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈprostata]
• Hyphenation: pro‧s‧ta‧ta

prostata f

1. (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland

   Synonym: předstojná žláza

• “prostata”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “prostata”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈprostɑtɑ/, [ˈpro̞s̠tɑ̝t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ostɑtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pros‧ta‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): pros‧ta‧ta

prostata

1. (anatomy, medicine, jargon) prostate

With the exception of nominative, the word is seldom used in plural as the plural does not really fit into any declension category.

• eturauhanen

• “prostata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

prostata (plural prostatas)

1. prostate

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔs.ta.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔstata
• Hyphenation: prò‧sta‧ta

prostata f (plural prostate)

1. (anatomy) prostate

• prostaglandina
• prostatectomia
• prostatico
• prostatismo
• prostatite

• → Maltese: prostata

• sportata, traposta

From Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔs.ta.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔs.t̪a.t̪a]

prostata f (genitive prostatae); first declension

1. (anatomy) prostate

First-declension noun.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

pròstata f (plural pròstatos) stress pattern 1

1. (anatomy) prostate

• pri̇́ešinė liaukà

Borrowed from Italian prostata.

• IPA^(key): /prɔsˈtaː.ta/

prostata f

1. (anatomy) prostate

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs).

prostata m (definite singular prostataen, indefinite plural prostataer, definite plural prostataene)

1. (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
2. (informal, inflammation) prostatitis

• blærehalskjertel

• “prostata” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “prostata” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs).

prostata m (definite singular prostataen, indefinite plural prostataer or prostataar, definite plural prostataene or prostataane)

1. (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland
2. (informal, inflammation) prostatitis

• blærehalskjertel

• “prostata” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French prostate, from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs), from πρό (pró) + ἵστημι (hístēmi).

• IPA^(key): /prɔsˈta.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pros‧ta‧ta

prostata f

1. (anatomy) prostate

   Synonyms: gruczoł krokowy, stercz

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

• IPA^(key): /prǒstata/

pròstata f (Cyrillic spelling про̀стата)

1. (anatomy) prostate

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔstata]

prostata f

1. (anatomy) prostate, prostate gland

   Synonym: predstojná žľaza

• “prostata”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

• IPA^(key): /próːstata/

prọ̑stata f

1. (anatomy) prostate

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	próstata
gen. sing.	próstate
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	próstata	próstati	próstate
genitive (rodȋlnik)	próstate	próstat	próstat
dative (dajȃlnik)	próstati	próstatama	próstatam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	próstato	próstati	próstate
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	próstati	próstatah	próstatah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	próstato	próstatama	próstatami

• obséčnica

prostata c

1. (anatomy) prostate

   Synonym: blåshalskörtel

• prostatamassage

• prostatit

• prostata in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• prostata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• prostata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH