dura-máter

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dūra māter [​cerebrī​] (literally “hard mother [of the brain]”), loan translation of Arabic أُمّ الدِّمَاغ الصَفِيقَة (ʔumm ad-dimāḡ aṣ-ṣafīqa, literally “thick mother of the brain, matrix of the brain”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teʁ/ [ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teʁ/ [ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.teχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdu.ɾaˈma.teɻ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌdu.ɾɐˈma.tɛɾ/

Noun

dura-máter f (plural dura-máteres)

  1. (anatomy) dura mater (outermost layer of the meninges)
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