Noun
cerebellum (plural cerebellums or cerebella)
- (neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the back of the cerebrum and is formed of two lateral lobes and a median lobe. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.
- Synonym: parencephalon
- Holonym: hindbrain
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan, page 61:Although the cerebellum occupies just 10 per cent of the cranial cavity, it has more than half the brain’s neurons.
Translations
part of the hindbrain in vertebrates
- Arabic: مُخَيْخ (ar) m (muḵayḵ)
- Egyptian Arabic: مخيخ m (moxéx)
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܡܘܼܚܘܿܢܵܐ m (mūḥōnā)
- Armenian: ուղեղիկ (hy) (uġeġik)
- Belarusian: мо́зачак m (mózačak), мазжачо́к m (mazžačók), мазачо́к m (mazačók)
- Bengali: লঘুমস্তিষ্ক (loghumostiśko)
- Bulgarian: ма́лък мо́зък m (málǎk mózǎk)
- Catalan: cerebel (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小腦/小脑 (zh) (xiǎonǎo)
- Czech: mozeček (cs) m
- Danish: lillehjerne
- Dutch: kleine hersenen pl
- Esperanto: cerbeto
- Finnish: pikkuaivot (fi) pl
- French: cervelet (fr) m
- Galician: cerebelo (gl) m
- Georgian: ნათხემი (natxemi)
- German: Kleinhirn (de) m
- Greek: παρεγκεφαλίς (el) f (paregkefalís), παρεγκεφαλίδα (el) f (paregkefalída)
- Ancient: παρεγκεφαλίς f (parenkephalís)
- Hebrew: הַמּוֹחַ הַקָּטָן (he) m (hamoákh hakatán)
- Hindi: अनुमस्तिष्क (anumastiṣk), सेरिबेलम (seribelam)
- Hungarian: kisagy (hu)
- Ido: cerebelo (io)
- Indonesian: otak kecil (id)
- Italian: cervelletto (it) m
- Japanese: 小脳 (ja) (しょうのう, shōnō)
- Kalmyk: гиҗгин экн (gijgin ekn)
- Kazakh: мишық (mişyq)
- Korean: 소뇌(小腦) (ko) (sonoe)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: mejîk (ku) m, mejîkok m
- Macedonian: мал мозок m (mal mozok)
- Malay: serebelum
- Maori: roroiti, roro tuarongo
- Mongolian: бага тархи (baga tarxi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lillehjerne
- Nynorsk: veslehjerne
- Persian: مخچه (fa) (moxče)
- Polish: móżdżek (pl) m
- Portuguese: cerebelo (pt) m
- Romanian: cerebel (ro), creieraș (ro)
- Russian: мозжечо́к (ru) m (mozžečók)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мали мозак m
- Roman: mali mozak m
- Sicilian: midudda (scn) f
- Slovak: mozoček m
- Slovene: mali možgani m pl
- Spanish: cerebelo (es) m
- Swedish: lillhjärna (sv) c, cerebellum (sv)
- Tajik: мағзча (maġzča)
- Telugu: అనుమస్తిష్కము (te) (anumastiṣkamu), చిన్నమెదడు (cinnamedaḍu)
- Thai: สมองน้อย
- Turkish: beyincik (tr)
- Ukrainian: мо́зочок m (mózočok), мі́зочок m (mízočok)
- Uyghur: كىچىك مېڭە (kichik më'nge)
- Uzbek: miyacha, kichik miya
- Vietnamese: tiểu não (vi)
- Welsh: serebelwm m
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Etymology
From cerebrum (“brain”) + -lum (diminutive ending).
Noun
cerebellum n (genitive cerebellī); second declension
- diminutive of cerebrum:
- (anatomy) a little brain
- the seat of senses, intellect
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Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: ciarbeddu, ciarbellu, cerbellu
- Italian: cervello
- Sicilian: ciriveddu, cirveddu, cirbeddu
- North Italian:
- Friulian: cerviel, čurviel (alternative orthography)
- Lombard: servel, sarvel, hervel
- Piedmontese: sarvel, sarvele, survele
- Romansch: tscharvè
- Venetan: serveło, zerveło, çervèl, servèl, zhervèl, sarveło, çarvèl, zharvèl, cèlebro
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: cèrvél, cèrvèla
- Old French: cervel, cervele
- Norman: chèrvé
- Walloon: cervea
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: cervell
- Occitan: cervèl, cervèla
- Limousin: cerveu
- Provençal: cervèu
- Vivaro-Alpine: cerveu
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings: