ulna

From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌlnə/

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ulna (plural ulnae or ulnas)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

   Synonym: elbow bone

• femur fibula ulna syndrome
• ulnar

• radius

• Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Lu'an, Luna, auln, luan, luna, ulan, unal

Borrowed from Latin ulna.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈul.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈul.na]

ulna f (plural ulnes)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbit

• “ulna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Latin ulna.

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

2. cubit (unit of length)

• “ulna”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ulna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Latin ulna.

ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)

1. (anatomy) ulna

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ulna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ulna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ulna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

From Latin ulna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈul.na/
• Rhymes: -ulna
• Hyphenation: ùl‧na

ulna f (plural ulne)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cubito

• ulnare

• Luna, luna

From Proto-Italic *olenā, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l(e)n-, from the root *Heh₃l- (“to bend”), although this reconstruction remains uncertain.^[1] Related to Old Armenian ուլն (uln, “neck”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”), Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita, “cheek”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”), Albanian llërë (“upper arm”), Welsh elin (“forearm; elbow”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊɫ.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈul.na]

ulna f (genitive ulnae); first declension (poetic)

1. (anatomy) elbow-bone, ulna
2. (pars pro toto) arm

   maternis in ulnis

   in mother's arms

3. a linear measure, cubit, ell

First-declension noun.

• →? Proto-Albanian: *ulnā
• → Catalan: ulna (learned)
• → English: ulna
• → Galician: ulna (learned)
• → Italian: ulna (learned)
• → Portuguese: ulna (learned)
• → Spanish: ulna (learned)

• “ulna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ulna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ulna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Latin ulna (“elbow”).

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy, Brazil) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito (Portugal)

• osso

• cotovelo

From Latin ulna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈulna/ [ˈul.na]
• Rhymes: -ulna
• Syllabification: ul‧na

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

• “ulna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024