arterial

English

Etymology

From artery +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

arterial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to an artery.
2. (of a route, road or street) Major, important.

Derived terms

• alloarterial
• alveoloarterial
• arterial blood gas
• arterial bulb
• arterial gland
• arterialisation
• arterialise
• arterialization
• arterialize
• arterial line
• arterially
• arterial road
• arterial route
• arterial street
• bronchoarterial
• cardioarterial
• cerebroarterial
• endarterial
• endoarterial
• eparterial
• hyparterial
• interarterial
• intraarterial
• microarterial
• musculoarterial
• neuromyoarterial
• nonarterial
• paraarterial
• periarterial
• subarterial
• transarterial
• valvuloarterial
• venoarterial
• ventriculoarterial
• vertebrarterial
• vertebroarterial

Translations

relating to a blood artery

• Asturian: arterial (ast)
• Catalan: arterial (ca)
• Finnish: valtimollinen
• French: artériel (fr)
• Galician: arterial (gl)
• German: arteriell (de)
• Hungarian: artériás (hu)
• Ido: arteriala (io)
• Irish: artaireach
• Italian: arteriale
• Polish: tętniczy (pl), arterialny (pl), arteryjny
• Portuguese: arterial (pt)
• Punjabi: ਧਮਣੀ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ (dhamṇī sambandhī)
• Russian: артериа́льный (ru) (arteriálʹnyj)
• Spanish: arterial (es)
• Swedish: arteriell (sv)
• Welsh: rhedwelïol

relating to an arterial road

• Polish: arteryjny
• Portuguese: arterial (pt)
• Welsh: prifwythiennol

Noun

arterial (plural arterials)

1. A high-capacity urban road.

   Arterial ends here.

Hyponyms

• arterial road
• arterial route
• arterial street

Coordinate terms

• major thoroughfare
• stroad
• urban boulevard

Translations

Translations

• French: artère (fr) f
• Polish: arteria (pl) f
• Welsh: priffordd f

Asturian

Etymology

From arteria +‎ -al.

Adjective

arterial (epicene, plural arteriales)

1. arterial

Further reading

• “arterial”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

From artèria +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.tə.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.te.ɾiˈal]

Adjective

arterial m or f (masculine and feminine plural arterials)

1. arterial

Further reading

• “arterial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From arteria +‎ -al.

Adjective

arterial m or f (plural arteriais)

1. arterial

Further reading

• “arterial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “arterial”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Interlingua

Adjective

arterial (not comparable)

1. arterial, pertaining to the arteries

Portuguese

Etymology

From artéria +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [ah.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [ah.teˈɾjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [ah.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [ah.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aɾ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aɾ.teˈɾjaw/ [aɾ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aχ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aʁ.teˈɾjaw/ [aχ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻ.te.ɾiˈaw/ [aɻ.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aɻ.teˈɾjaw/ [aɻ.teˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjal/ [ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjal/ [ɐɾ.tɨˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈɾja.li/

• Rhymes: -aw, -al
• Hyphenation: ar‧te‧ri‧al

Adjective

arterial m or f (plural arteriais, not comparable)

1. arterial (relating to blood arteries)
2. arterial (relating to arterial roads)

Related terms

• venoarterial
• via arterial

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French artériel. By surface analysis, arterie +‎ -al or arteră +‎ -ial.

Adjective

arterial m or n (feminine singular arterială, masculine plural arteriali, feminine/neuter plural arteriale)

1. arterial

Declension

Declension of arterial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	arterial		arterială	arteriali	arteriale
	definite	arterialul		arteriala	arterialii	arterialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	arterial		arteriale	arteriali	arteriale
	definite	arterialului		arterialei	arterialilor	arterialelor

Spanish

Etymology

From arteria +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾteˈɾjal/ [aɾ.t̪eˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ar‧te‧rial

Adjective

arterial m or f (masculine and feminine plural arteriales)

1. arterial; relating to an artery

   Synonym: arterioso

Derived terms

• presión arterial
• tensión arterial

Further reading

• “arterial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025