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placenta.

cake; kind of flat cake;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[pɫaˈkɛn.ta]Classical-Latin[plaˈt͡ʃɛn.ta]

  1. a placenta cake; a round cake with a ribbed base and a convex top with a knob in the middle and a honey and cheese filling.

    declension-1 · feminine

  2. a dessert cake of any type

    declension-1 · feminine

  3. ellipsis of placenta uterī: placenta

    New-Latin · abbreviation · alt-of · declension-1 · ellipsis · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), πλακοῦντα (plakoûnta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis), πλακοῦς (plakoûs, “flat cake”), from πλάξ (pláx, “flat”).

noun[pɫaˈkɛn.ta]Classical-Latin[plaˈt͡ʃɛn.ta]

  1. ablative singular of placenta

    ablative · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), πλακοῦντα (plakoûnta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis), πλακοῦς (plakoûs, “flat cake”), from πλάξ (pláx, “flat”).

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