glena

Italian

Alternative forms

• glene

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλήνη (glḗnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: glè‧na

Noun

glena f (plural gleni)

1. (anatomy) glenoid (cavity)

Related terms

• euglena
• glenoide
• glenoideo

Anagrams

• angle, lagne, legna

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡle.na/, [ˈɡɫ̪ɛnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡle.na/, [ˈɡlɛːnä]

Noun

glena f (genitive glenae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) A bundle of ears of grain

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	glena	glenae
genitive	glenae	glenārum
dative	glenae	glenīs
accusative	glenam	glenās
ablative	glenā	glenīs
vocative	glena	glenae

References

• glena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlena/ [ˈɡle.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: gle‧na

Noun

glena f (plural glenas)

1. (anatomy) socket (a hollow in a bone)

Further reading

• "glena" at Oxford Dictionaries