ureter

See also: uréter, uretër, and urèter

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊəˈɹiːtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ureter (plural ureters)

1. (anatomy) Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

Holonyms

• urinary tract

Derived terms

• ureteral
• ureteric

Translations

narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys

• Arabic: حَالِب m (ḥālib)

  Egyptian Arabic: حالب m (ḥāleb)

• Armenian: միզածորան (hy) (mizacoran)
• Belarusian: мачато́чнік f (mačatóčnik)
• Bulgarian: пикочопрово́д m (pikočoprovód)
• Catalan: urèter m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輸尿管／输尿管 (zh) (shūniàoguǎn)

• Czech: močovod (cs) m
• Danish: urinleder (da) c
• Esperanto: uretero n
• Estonian: kusejuha
• Finnish: virtsanjohdin (fi)
• French: uretère (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Harnleiter (de) m, (technical) Ureter (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: οὐρητήρ m (ourētḗr)

• Hebrew: שׁוֹפְכָן m (shofkhán)
• Hindi: मूत्रनली f (mūtranlī)
• Hungarian: húgyvezeték (hu)
• Ingrian: kusitrubka
• Irish: úiréadar m
• Italian: uretere (it) m
• Japanese: 尿管 (ja) (にょうかん, nyōkan), 輸尿管 (ja) (ゆにょうかん, yunyōkan)
• Kashubian: mòczowód m
• Kazakh: зәрағар (zärağar), несепағар (nesepağar)
• Korean: 수뇨관(輸尿管) (sunyogwan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: میزبۆری (mîzborî)

  Northern Kurdish: borrîmîz f

• Latvian: urīnvadi
• Lithuanian: šlapimtakis m
• Maori: ara mimi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: urinleder m

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: moczowód (pl) m
• Portuguese: uréter (pt) m, ureter (pt) m
• Romanian: ureter (ro) n
• Russian: мочето́чник (ru) m (močetóčnik), уретра (ru) f (uretra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мокраћовод m

  Roman: mokraćovod m

• Slovak: močovod (sk) m
• Slovene: sečevod (sl) m
• Spanish: uréter (es) m
• Swedish: urinledare (sv) c, uretär (sv) c
• Tagalog: daang-ihi
• Thai: ท่อไต (tɔ̂ɔ-dtai)
• Turkish: üreter (tr)
• Ukrainian: сечові́д m (sečovíd)
• Vietnamese: ống dẫn đái, niệu quản (vi)
• Volapük: yurinidugian (vo)

See also

• urethra

Anagrams

• Reuter, Rueter

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾeˈtɛ(ʁ)/ [u.ɾeˈtɛ(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾeˈtɛ(ʁ)/ [u.ɾeˈtɛ(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /u.ɾeˈtɛ(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /u.ɾeˈtɛ(ʁ)/ [u.ɾeˈtɛ(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾeˈtɛ(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɨˈtɛɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɨˈtɛɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾɨˈtɛ.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: u‧re‧ter

Noun

ureter m (plural ureteres)

1. Alternative form of uréter

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French uretère.

Noun

ureter n (plural uretere)

1. ureter

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ureter	ureterul		uretere	ureterele
genitive-dative	ureter	ureterului		uretere	ureterelor
vocative	ureterule			ureterelor