acetabular

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ă'-sĭ-tăbʹyo͝o-lə, IPA^(key): /ˌæsɪˈtæbjʊlə/
• (US) enPR: ă'-sĭ-tăbʹyə-lər, IPA^(key): /ˌæsɪˈtæbjəlɚ/

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Adjective

acetabular (not comparable)

1. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped.

   Synonyms: acetabuliform, acetabulous

2. Related to the acetabulum.

   Synonym: acetabulate

Derived terms

• acetabularization
• acetabular labrum
• biacetabular
• circumacetabular
• femoroacetabular
• glenoacetabular
• interacetabular
• nonacetabular
• periacetabular
• postacetabular
• preacetabular
• supraacetabular

Translations

relating to the acetabulum

• French: acétabulaire (fr)
• Portuguese: acetabular
• Spanish: acetabular

Anagrams

• trabaculae

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.se.ta.buˈlaʁ/ [a.se.ta.buˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.se.ta.buˈlaʁ/ [a.se.ta.buˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.se.ta.buˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.se.ta.buˈlaʁ/ [a.se.ta.buˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.se.ta.buˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨ.tɐ.buˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.sɨ.tɐ.βuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨ.tɐ.buˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.sɨ.tɐ.βuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨ.tɐ.buˈla.ɾi/ [ɐ.sɨ.tɐ.βuˈla.ɾi]

Adjective

acetabular m or f (plural acetabulares)

1. acetabular (relating to the acetabulum)

Further reading

• “acetabular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “acetabular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From acetábulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθetabuˈlaɾ/ [a.θe.t̪a.β̞uˈlaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asetabuˈlaɾ/ [a.se.t̪a.β̞uˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧ta‧bu‧lar

Adjective

acetabular m or f (masculine and feminine plural acetabulares)

1. acetabular

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “acetabular”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA