parietal

See also: pariétal

English

Etymology

From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

Adjective

parietal (comparative more parietal, superlative most parietal)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

   Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the parietal bones
3. Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
   • 1856, B. H. Hall, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.

4. (botany) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

Derived terms

• biparietal
• centroparietal
• epiparietal
• frontoparietal
• interparietal
• intraparietal
• parietal bone
• parietal cell
• parietal foramen
• parietal lobe
• parietal pleura
• posteroparietal
• postparietal
• temporoparietal
• transparietal
• uteroparietal
• ventroparietal
• visceroparietal

 

Translations

of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity

• Finnish: parietaalinen (fi), parietaali-
• French: pariétal (fr)
• Hungarian: fali (hu), parietális

Noun

parietal (plural parietals)

1. (anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
2. Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
3. (archaeology) A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
4. (informal) Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

Anagrams

• Petralia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾi.əˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pa.ɾi.eˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

parietal m or f (masculine and feminine plural parietals)

1. parietal

Derived terms

• lòbul parietal

Noun

parietal m (plural parietals)

1. parietal bone

Synonyms

• os parietal

Further reading

• “parietal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “parietal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “parietal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “parietal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

Adjective

parietal m or f (plural parietais)

1. parietal, pertaining to the parietal region of the head

Noun

parietal m (plural parietais)

1. (anatomy) the parietal bone

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾi.eˈtaw/ [pa.ɾɪ.eˈtaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pa.ɾjeˈtaw/ [pa.ɾjeˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾjɛˈtal/ [pɐ.ɾjɛˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾjɛˈtal/ [pɐ.ɾjɛˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾjɛˈta.li/

Adjective

parietal m or f (plural parietais, not comparable)

1. (relational) wall (of a room)
2. that which is normally hung on walls (such as tapestries or paintings)

Synonyms

• parietário

Noun

parietal m (plural parietais)

1. (anatomy) parietal bone

Hypernyms

• osso

Holonyms

• crânio

Coordinate terms

• occipital, frontal, temporal, esfenoide, etmoide

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pariétal.

Adjective

parietal m or n (feminine singular parietală, masculine plural parietali, feminine and neuter plural parietale)

1. parietal

Declension

Declension of parietal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	parietal		parietală	parietali	parietale
	definite	parietalul		parietala	parietalii	parietalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	parietal		parietale	parietali	parietale
	definite	parietalului		parietalei	parietalilor	parietalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin parietālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾjeˈtal/ [pa.ɾjeˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧rie‧tal

Adjective

parietal m or f (masculine and feminine plural parietales)

1. (anatomy) parietal

Derived terms

• esfenoparietal
• lóbulo parietal

 

Noun

parietal m (plural parietales)

1. parietal bone

Further reading

• “parietal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014