abdominal

English

Etymology

First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen. Compare French abdominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/, /əbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/
• IPA^(key): /æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/, /əbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

abdominal (comparative more abdominal, superlative most abdominal)

1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. [Mid 18^th century.]

   abdominal muscles

   abdominal cavity

2. (ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins. [Mid 19^th century.]
3. (ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin. [Late 19^th century.]
4. (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the abdomen): ventral

Derived terms

• abdominal breathing
• abdominal cavity
• abdominal decompression
• abdominal evisceration
• abdominal fin
• abdominal gestation
• abdominal inguinal ring
• abdominally
• abdominal migraine
• abdominal muscle
• abdominal pore
• abdominal pouch
• abdominal quadrant
• abdominal reflex
• abdominal region
• abdominal respiration
• abdominal rib
• abdominal ring
• abdominal section
• abdominal-thrust maneuver
• abdominal wall
• circumabdominal
• endoabdominal
• extraabdominal
• femoroabdominal
• inguinoabdominal
• intraabdominal
• intrabdominal
• lumboabdominal
• midabdominal
• nonabdominal
• pelviabdominal
• phrenicoabdominal
• postabdominal
• rectoabdominal
• subabdominal
• thoracoabdominal
• transabdominal
• uteroabdominal

 

Translations

of or pertaining to the abdomen

• Asturian: abdominal (ast)
• Bulgarian: абдомина́лен (bg) (abdominálen), коре́мен (bg) (korémen)
• Catalan: abdominal (ca)
• Czech: břišní (cs)
• Dutch: abdominaal (nl), buik-
• Finnish: vatsa- (fi) (in compounds), abdominaali (fi)
• French: abdominal (fr)
• Galician: abdominal (gl)
• German: abdominal (de), den Unterleib betreffend, abdominell (de)
• Interlingua: abdominal
• Interlingue:
• Irish: abdómain, boilg, bolgach
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: addominale (it)
• Manx: y volgey
• Polish: brzuszny (pl)
• Portuguese: abdominal (pt)
• Romanian: abdominal (ro) m or n
• Russian: брюшно́й (ru) (brjušnój), абдомина́льный (ru) (abdominálʹnyj)
• Spanish: abdominal (es)
• Swedish: abdominal (sv), buk-, mag-
• Tagalog: pantiyan
• Turkish: karın ile ilgili
• Welsh: abdomenol (cy)

having abdominal fins

• Dutch: buikvinnig
• Finnish: vatsaevällinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Tagalog: pantiyan

Noun

abdominal (plural abdominals)

1. (zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
2. (colloquial, usually plural only) An abdominal muscle. [Mid 20^th century.]

Synonyms

• (fish): Cypriniformes.

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Catalan

Etymology

From New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əb.du.miˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əb.do.miˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ab.do.miˈnal]

Adjective

abdominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abdominals)

1. abdominal

Related terms

• abdomen

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French

Etymology

From New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.dɔ.mi.nal/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: abdominale, abdominales

Adjective

abdominal (feminine abdominale, masculine plural abdominaux, feminine plural abdominales)

1. abdominal; of the abdomen.

Further reading

• “abdominal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

From New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apdomiˈnaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

• Audio:

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Adjective

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

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Interlingua

Adjective

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

Related terms

• abdomine

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Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab(i)domɪˈnaʊ̯/
• IPA^(key): /aβðomɪˈnaɫ/
• Hyphenation: ab‧do‧mi‧nal

Adjective

1. abdominal

Noun

1. sit-up

Related terms

• abdómen

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Romanian

Etymology

From French abdominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.do.miˈnal/

Adjective

abdominal m or n (feminine singular abdominală, masculine plural abdominali, feminine and neuter plural abdominale)

1. abdominal

Declension

Declension of abdominal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	abdominal		abdominală	abdominali	abdominale
	definite	abdominalul		abdominala	abdominalii	abdominalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	abdominal		abdominale	abdominali	abdominale
	definite	abdominalului		abdominalei	abdominalelor	abdominalilor

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Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdomiˈnal/ [aβ̞.ð̞o.miˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ab‧do‧mi‧nal

Adjective

abdominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abdominales)

1. abdominal

Noun

abdominal m (plural abdominales)

1. abdominal muscle
2. sit-up

Related terms

• abdomen

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Swedish

Etymology

abdomen +‎ -al

Adjective

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

Declension

Inflection of abdominal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	abdominal	—	—
Neuter singular	abdominalt	—	—
Plural	abdominala	—	—
Masculine plural3	abdominale	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	abdominale	—	—
All	abdominala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic