cecal

English

Adjective

cecal (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of caecal.

Derived terms

• cecally
• retrocecal

Related terms

• cecum

Anagrams

• accel, accel.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [səˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [seˈkal]

Adjective

cecal m or f (masculine and feminine plural cecals)

1. (anatomy, relational) caecum; caecal

Related terms

• cec

Further reading

• “cecal”, 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈkaw/ [seˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈkal/ [sɨˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈkal/ [sɨˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈka.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ce‧cal

Adjective

cecal m or f (plural cecais)

1. caecal (of or relating to caecum)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caecal.

Adjective

cecal m or n (feminine singular cecală, masculine plural cecali, feminine/neuter plural cecale)

1. caecal

Declension

Declension of cecal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cecal		cecală	cecali	cecale
	definite	cecalul		cecala	cecalii	cecalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cecal		cecale	cecali	cecale
	definite	cecalului		cecalei	cecalilor	cecalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈkal/ [θeˈkal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈkal/ [seˈkal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ce‧cal

Adjective

cecal m or f (masculine and feminine plural cecales)

1. (anatomy, relational) caecum; caecal (of or relating to caecum)

Derived terms

• apéndice cecal

Related terms

• ciego

Further reading

• “cecal”, 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