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cerebral

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See also: cérébral

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (a brain); equivalent to cerebrum +‎ -al.

Adjective

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cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
    Synonyms: brainial (uncommon), brainy (rare)
  2. Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.
    Coordinate term: visceral
    • 2024 September 19, James Miller, “Karl Marx, Weirder Than Ever”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Certainly, “Capital” is a cerebral read and the dangers of the world Marx lived in are not all the same as ours.
      (Can we archive this URL?)
    • 2025 April 13, Simon Romero, “Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89”, in The New York Times[2]:
      His cerebral candidacy, inspired by European and North American political and economic philosophers, and his very appearance, with his light-colored skin, trim physique and penchant for preppy sweaters, contrasted with an electorate largely made up of impoverished Quechua-speaking people and Spanish-speaking mestizos.
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Etymology 2

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Semantic loan from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, pertaining to the head).

Adjective

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cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

  1. (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.
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Asturian

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Etymology

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cerebru +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θeɾeˈbɾal/ [θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ce‧re‧bral

Adjective

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cerebral (epicene, plural cerebrales)

  1. (anatomy, medicine) cerebral
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Catalan

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Etymology

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A learned formation from the root of Latin cerebrum and the suffix -al.

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cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrals)

  1. cerebral

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French cérébral (cerebral), from Latin cerebrum (brain).

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  • IPA(key): /serəbraːl/, [serəˈb̥ʁɑːˀl]

Adjective

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cerebral

  1. cerebral (of, or relating to the brain)

Inflection

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Inflection of cerebral
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular cerebral 2
indefinite neuter singular cerebralt 2
plural cerebrale 2
definite attributive1 cerebrale

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From cérebro +‎ -al.

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾal/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾa.li/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾa.li]

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: ce‧re‧bral

Adjective

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cerebral m or f (plural cerebrais)

  1. (relational) brain, cerebral cortex; cerebral

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French cérébral.

Adjective

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cerebral m or n (feminine singular cerebrală, masculine plural cerebrali, feminine and neuter plural cerebrale)

  1. cerebral

Declension

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Declension of cerebral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite cerebral cerebrală cerebrali cerebrale
definite cerebralul cerebrala cerebralii cerebralele
genitive-
dative
indefinite cerebral cerebrale cerebrali cerebrale
definite cerebralului cerebralei cerebralilor cerebralelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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From cerebro +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾeˈbɾal/ [θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾeˈbɾal/ [se.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ce‧re‧bral

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cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrales)

  1. cerebral

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Swedish

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Adjective

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cerebral (comparative mer cerebral, superlative mest cerebral)

  1. (anatomy) cerebral
  2. intellectual (rather than emotional)

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Inflection of cerebral
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular cerebral mer cerebral mest cerebral
neuter singular cerebralt mer cerebralt mest cerebralt
plural cerebrala mer cerebrala mest cerebrala
masculine plural2 cerebrale mer cerebrala mest cerebrala
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 cerebrale mer cerebrale mest cerebrale
all cerebrala mer cerebrala mest cerebrala

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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