speculum
English
/ˈspɛkjʊləm/, /ˈspɛkjələm/
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
- A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
- (ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
- A lookout place.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin speculum (mirror).
Origin
Latin
speculum
Gloss
mirror
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鏡
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *speclum Latin
- specillum Latin
- speciō Latin
- speclum Latin
- specularis Latin
- speculifer Latin
- speculiger Latin
- speculum Latin
- speglum Latin
- spēglum Latin
- Spiegel German
- specolo Italian
- espejito Spanish, Castilian
- espejo Spanish, Castilian
- espéculo Spanish, Castilian
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- speil Norwegian Bokmål
- spegill Old Norse
- espècul Catalan, Valencian
- espello Galician
- espeho Cebuano
- spiegal Old High German
- spécla Old Irish
- spegel Middle Low German
- spēgel Middle Low German
- spēgal Old Saxon
- espelh Old Occitan
- espejo Old Spanish
- spillu Old Spanish
- spegel Low German
- espeho Hiligaynon
- ispiho Karao
- espehu Yogad
- speju Isthmus Zapotec