valva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valva.

Noun

valva (plural valvae)

  1. A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.

Italian

Noun

valva f (plural valve)

  1. (anatomy, zoology) valve, half shell

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wel-. Cognate with Latin volvō (“I roll”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwal.wa/, [ˈwaɫ.wa]

Noun

valva f (genitive valvae); first declension

  1. double or folding door (in plural)
  2. one leaf of such doors

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative valva valvae
genitive valvae valvārum
dative valvae valvīs
accusative valvam valvās
ablative valvā valvīs
vocative valva valvae

References

  • valva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • valva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
  • valva in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

  1. (anatomy) valve (membrane which permits passage in one direction)

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

  1. (anatomy) valve
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