articular

English

Etymology

From Latin articularis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

articular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.

   an articular disease; an articular process

2. (grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical article.

Derived terms

• abarticular
• anguloarticular
• articular cartilage
• articular facet
• articularly
• biarticular
• cerebrofacioarticular
• circumarticular
• conarticular
• extraarticular
• interarticular
• intraarticular
• juxta-articular
• juxtaarticular
• monoarticular
• multiarticular
• musculoarticular
• nonarticular
• oligoarticular
• osteoarticular
• pauciarticular
• periarticular
• polyarticular
• prearticular
• retroarticular
• subarticular
• tibioarticular
• transarticular
• uniarticular

 

Translations

of, at, or relating to the joints of the body

• Bulgarian: ставен (bg) (staven)
• French: articulaire (fr)
• Italian: articolare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: articular (pt)
• Spanish: articular (es)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin articulō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.ti.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.ti.kuˈlaɾ]

Verb

articular (first-person singular present articulo, first-person singular preterite articulí, past participle articulat)

1. to articulate (to express with words)

Related terms

• articulació

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin articulō.

Verb

1. to articulate

Related terms

• articulação

Further reading

• “articular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Romanian

Etymology

From French articulaire, from Latin articularis.

Adjective

articular m or n (feminine singular articulară, masculine plural articulari, feminine and neuter plural articulare)

1. articular

Declension

Declension of articular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	articular		articulară	articulari	articulare
	definite	articularul		articulara	articularii	articularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	articular		articulare	articulari	articulare
	definite	articularului		articularei	articularilor	articularelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾtikuˈlaɾ/ [aɾ.t̪i.kuˈlaɾ]

Etymology 1

From Latin articulāris.

Adjective

articular m or f (masculine and feminine plural articulares)

1. articular

Etymology 2

From Latin articulō.

Verb

articular (first-person singular present articulo, first-person singular preterite articulé, past participle articulado)

1. to articulate
2. to coordinate, to link

Conjugation

    Conjugation of articular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			articular
gerund			articulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		articulado		articulada
		plural		articulados		articuladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	articulo	articulastú articulásvos	articula	articulamos	articuláis	articulan
	imperfect	articulaba	articulabas	articulaba	articulábamos	articulabais	articulaban
	preterite	articulé	articulaste	articuló	articulamos	articulasteis	articularon
	future	articularé	articularás	articulará	articularemos	articularéis	articularán
	conditional	articularía	articularías	articularía	articularíamos	articularíais	articularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	articule	articulestú articulésvos2	articule	articulemos	articuléis	articulen
	imperfect (ra)	articulara	articularas	articulara	articuláramos	articularais	articularan
	imperfect (se)	articulase	articulases	articulase	articulásemos	articulaseis	articulasen
	future1	articulare	articulares	articulare	articuláremos	articulareis	articularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		articulatú articulávos	articule	articulemos	articulad	articulen
	negative		no articules	no articule	no articulemos	no articuléis	no articulen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of articular

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive articular
	dative	articularme	articularte	articularle, articularse	articularnos	articularos	articularles, articularse
	accusative	articularme	articularte	articularlo, articularla, articularse	articularnos	articularos	articularlos, articularlas, articularse
with gerund articulando
	dative	articulándome	articulándote	articulándole, articulándose	articulándonos	articulándoos	articulándoles, articulándose
	accusative	articulándome	articulándote	articulándolo, articulándola, articulándose	articulándonos	articulándoos	articulándolos, articulándolas, articulándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative articula
	dative	articúlame	articúlate	articúlale	articúlanos	not used	articúlales
	accusative	articúlame	articúlate	articúlalo, articúlala	articúlanos	not used	articúlalos, articúlalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative articulá
	dative	articulame	articulate	articulale	articulanos	not used	articulales
	accusative	articulame	articulate	articulalo, articulala	articulanos	not used	articulalos, articulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative articule
	dative	articúleme	not used	articúlele, articúlese	articúlenos	not used	articúleles
	accusative	articúleme	not used	articúlelo, articúlela, articúlese	articúlenos	not used	articúlelos, articúlelas
with first-person plural imperative articulemos
	dative	not used	articulémoste	articulémosle	articulémonos	articulémoos	articulémosles
	accusative	not used	articulémoste	articulémoslo, articulémosla	articulémonos	articulémoos	articulémoslos, articulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative articulad
	dative	articuladme	not used	articuladle	articuladnos	articulaos	articuladles
	accusative	articuladme	not used	articuladlo, articuladla	articuladnos	articulaos	articuladlos, articuladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative articulen
	dative	articúlenme	not used	articúlenle	articúlennos	not used	articúlenles, articúlense
	accusative	articúlenme	not used	articúlenlo, articúlenla	articúlennos	not used	articúlenlos, articúlenlas, articúlense

Derived terms

• articulado
• articulatorio

Related terms

• articulación
• artículo

Further reading

• “articular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28