buccinator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin buccinātor (“trumpeter”), from buccinō (“blow the trumpet”) +‎ -tor (“-ator, -er”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌk.sɪn.eɪ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌk.səˌneɪ.tɚ/

Noun

buccinator (plural buccinators or buccinatores)

1. (anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

   Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.

Translations

Translations

• Inuktitut: ᐅᓗᐊᑉ ᓄᑭᖓ (oloap nokinga)
• Spanish: buccinador m

References

• “buccinator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “buccinator”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /buk.kiˈnaː.tor/, [bʊkːɪˈnäːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /but.t͡ʃiˈna.tor/, [butː͡ʃiˈnäːt̪or]

Noun

buccinātor m (genitive buccinātōris, feminine buccinātrīx); third declension

1. Alternative spelling of būcinātor.

Descendants

• → English: buccinator

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French buccinateur.

Noun

buccinator m (plural buccinatori)

1. (anatomy) buccinator

Declension

Declension of buccinator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) buccinator	buccinatorul	(niște) buccinatori	buccinatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) buccinator	buccinatorului	(unor) buccinatori	buccinatorilor
vocative	buccinatorule		buccinatorilor