cerebral

See also: cérébral

English

WOTD – 15 November 2009

Etymology

From French cérébral, formed from the root of Latin cerebrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɹ.ə.bɹəl/, /səˈɹiː.bɹəl/

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Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Of, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
2. Intellectual rather than emotional.
3. (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cerebral abscess
• cerebral accident
• cerebral agraphia
• cerebral aneurysm
• cerebral angiogram
• cerebral angiography
• cerebral apophysis
• cerebral apoplexy
• cerebral aqueduct
• cerebral arousal mechanism
• cerebral arteriography
• cerebral arteriosclerosis
• cerebral artery
• cerebral atrophy
• cerebral axis
• cerebral blindness
• cerebral blood
• cerebral blood flow
• cerebral cavity
• cerebral circulation
• cerebral claudication
• cerebral competence
• cerebral compression
• cerebral concussion
• cerebral contusion
• cerebral convolution
• cerebral cortex
• cerebral cranium
• cerebral crisis
• cerebral cysticercosis
• cerebral damage
• cerebral deafness
• cerebral death
• cerebral decompression
• cerebral depressant
• cerebral dominance
• cerebral dropsy
• cerebral dysrhythmia
• cerebral echinococcosis
• cerebral edema
• cerebral embolism
• cerebral equipotentiality

• cerebral event
• cerebral excitement
• cerebral fossa
• cerebral ganglion
• cerebral haemorrhage
• cerebral hemiplegia
• cerebral hemisphere
• cerebral hemorrhage
• cerebral hernia
• cerebral hyperesthesia
• cerebral hypoxia
• cerebral index
• cerebral infarction
• cerebral integration
• cerebral localization
• cerebral macula
• cerebral malaria
• cerebral mantle
• cerebral meningitis
• cerebral migraine
• cerebral nerve
• cerebral neurasthenia
• cerebral palsy
• cerebral palsy feeder
• cerebral paralysis
• cerebral paraplegia
• cerebral peduncle
• cerebral phenomenon
• cerebral poroma
• cerebral seizure
• cerebral sinus
• cerebral tetanus
• cerebral thrombosis
• cerebral tissue
• cerebral tumour
• cerebral type
• cerebral vascular disability
• cerebral vein
• cerebral vertigo
• cerebral vesicle
• cerebral vomiting
• retrocerebral

Translations

of, or relating to the brain

• Arabic: مُخِّيّ (muḵḵiyy)
• Armenian: ուղեղային (hy) (uġeġayin)
• Asturian: cerebral (ast)
• Belarusian: мазгавы́ (mazhavý), цэрэбра́льны (cerebrálʹny)
• Bulgarian: церебра́лен (bg) (cerebrálen)
• Catalan: cerebral (ca)
• Czech: cerebrální (cs), mozkový (cs)
• Danish: cerebral (da)
• Dutch: cerebraal (nl)
• Esperanto: cerba
• Finnish: aivoperäinen, serebraalinen, aivo- (fi)
• French: cérébral (fr)
• Galician: cerebral (gl)
• Georgian: ცერებრალური (cerebraluri)
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• German: zerebral (de), cerebral, zerebral- (de), Gehirn- (de), Hirn- (de), Cerebro-
• Ido: cerebrala (io)
• Italian: cerebrale (it)
• Latin: cerebralis
• Norwegian: cerebral
• Polish: mózgowy (pl)
• Portuguese: cerebral (pt)
• Romanian: cerebral (ro)
• Russian: мозгово́й (ru) (mozgovój), церебра́льный (ru) (cerebrálʹnyj)
• Slovak: cerebrálny (sk), mozgový (sk)
• Slovene: možganski
• Spanish: cerebral (es)
• Turkish: beyinsel (tr)
• Ukrainian: мозкови́й (mozkovýj), церебра́льний (uk) (cerebrálʹnyj)
• Volapük: breinik

intellectual

• Armenian: մտավոր (hy) (mtavor)
• Catalan: cerebral (ca)
• Czech: intelektuální
• Finnish: älyllinen (fi)
• French: cérébral (fr)
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• German: intellektuell (de), geistig (de), kopfig
• Indonesian: berotak (id)
• Polish: intelektualny (pl)
• Russian: интеллектуа́льный (ru) (intellektuálʹnyj)
• Turkish: entelektüel (tr)

retroflex — see retroflex

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Asturian

Etymology

cerebru +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɾeˈβɾal/

Adjective

cerebral (epicene, plural cerebrales)

1. (anatomy, medicine) cerebral

Related terms

• cerebru

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sə.ɾəˈβɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sə.ɾəˈbɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [se.ɾeˈbɾal]

Adjective

cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrals)

1. cerebral

Related terms

• cervell

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

cerebral

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

Inflection

Inflection of cerebral
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte 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.

Further reading

• “cerebral” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “cerebral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Portuguese

Etymology

cérebro +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨɾɨˈβɾaɫ/

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to the brain or cerebral cortex of the brain; cerebral.

Related terms

• cérebro

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Spanish

Etymology

cerebro +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾeˈbɾal/ [θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾeˈbɾal/ [se.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrales)

1. cerebral

Derived terms

• parálisis cerebral

Related terms

• cerebro