cartilage

Etymology

From French cartilage, from Latin cartilāgō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹtəlɪd͡ʒ/

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Noun

cartilage (countable and uncountable, plural cartilages)

1. (anatomy) A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cartilāgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ti.laʒ/

Noun

cartilage m (uncountable)

1. (anatomy) cartilage

Further reading

• “cartilage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• glacerait

Etymology

First known attestation 1377-1377, borrowed from Latin cartilāgō.

Noun

cartilage m (oblique plural cartilages, nominative singular cartilages, nominative plural cartilage)

1. (anatomy) cartilage
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     corrosion qui est du cartilage qui est entre les trous des nazilles

     corrosion which is of the cartilage between the wholes in the nostrils