cervical

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cervīx

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

New Latin cervīcālislbor.

French cervicalbor.

English cervical

Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, cervic- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/, /sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl, -aɪkəl

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.

   cervical pain

2. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.

   cervical cancer

Coordinate terms

dentistry location adjectivesedit

• anterior
• apical
• apicocoronal
• axial
• buccal
• buccoapical
• buccocervical
• buccogingival
• buccolabial
• buccolingual
• bucco-occlusal
• buccopalatal
• cervical
• coronal
• coronoapical
• distal
• distoapical
• distobuccal
• distocclusal
• distocervical
• distoclusal
• distocoronal
• distofacial
• distogingival
• distoincisal
• distolingual
• disto-occlusal
• distopalatal
• facial
• gingival
• incisal
• incisocervical
• inferior
• labial
• lingual
• linguobuccal
• linguo-occlusal
• mandibular
• maxillary
• mesial
• mesioapical
• mesiobuccal
• mesiocclusal
• mesiocervical
• mesioclusal
• mesiocoronal
• mesiodistal
• mesiofacial
• mesiogingival
• mesioincisal
• mesiolingual
• mesio-occlusal
• mesiopalatal
• occlusal
• palatal
• posterior
• proximal
• superior
• vestibular

Derived terms

• buccocervical
• cervical artery
• cervical canal
• cervical cancer
• cervical cap
• cervical collar
• cervical conization
• cervical enamel
• cervical ganglion
• cervically
• cervical nerve
• cervical plexus
• cervical smear
• cervical spine
• cervical vertebra
• cervico-
• costocervical
• craniocervical
• distocervical
• dorsocervical
• ectocervical
• endocervical
• exocervical
• extracervical
• faciocervical
• inferior cervical ganglion
• intracervical
• labiocervical
• laterocervical
• linguocervical
• midcervical
• middle cervical ganglion
• noncervical
• occipitocervical
• orocervical
• paracervical
• postcervical
• pubocervical
• retrocervical
• scending cervical artery
• spinocervical
• superior cervical ganglion
• supracervical
• syncervical
• thoracocervical
• thyrocervical
• transcervical
• transverse cervical artery
• trigeminocervical
• ureterocervical
• uterocervical
• vaginocervical
• vesicocervical

Translations

of the neck

• Belarusian: шы́йны (šýjny)
• Catalan: cervical (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頸的 / 颈的 (zh) (jǐng de)

• Czech: krční (cs), šíjový (cs)
• Esperanto: kola (eo)
• Finnish: kaula-, kaulan
• French: cervical (fr)
• Galician: cervical (gl)
• Hungarian: nyaki (hu)
• Irish: muineálach
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ملی (mlî)

• Polish: szyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: cervical
• Russian: ше́йный (ru) (šéjnyj), заты́лочный (ru) (zatýločnyj) (occipital)
• Spanish: cervical (es)
• Ukrainian: ши́йний (šýjnyj)
• Vietnamese: (thuộc) cổ (vi), cảnh (vi)

of the cervix

• Catalan: cervical (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宮頸的 / 子宫颈的 (zh) (zǐgōngjǐng de)

• Esperanto: uterkola
• Finnish: kohdunkaula-, kohdunkaulan
• French: cervical (fr)
• German: zervikal (de)
• Hungarian: méhnyaki (hu)
• Irish: ceirbheacsach
• Italian: cervicale (it)
• Portuguese: cervical
• Russian: цервика́льный (ru) (cervikálʹnyj)
• Spanish: cervical (es)

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• Czech: ^{(please verify)} krční (cs)

Noun

cervical (plural cervicals)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.

References

• “cervical”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cervical”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.vi.kal/

Adjective

cervical (feminine cervicale, masculine plural cervicaux, feminine plural cervicales)

1. (anatomy) cervical

   vertèbre cervicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• → English: cervical

Further reading

• “cervical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) cervical

Derived terms

• vértebra cervical

Interlingua

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

1. cervical

Related terms

• cervice

Latin

Alternative forms

• cervīcāle

Etymology

Substantivation of apocopated cervīcāle, nominative neuter singular of cervīcālis (“pertaining to the neck”), see -al.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛrˈwiː.kaɫ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃerˈviː.kal]

Noun

cervīcal n (genitive cervīcālis); third declension

1. a pillow, cushion, bolster

   Synonyms: pulvīnus, culcita, coxīnus

   • c. 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 6.16.16:

     Cervicalia capitibus imposita linteis constringunt; id munimentum adversus incidentia fuit.

     They tied down pillows placed upon their heads with linen clothes; that was their protection against falling debris.

Inflection

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	cervīcal	cervīcālia
genitive	cervīcālis	cervīcālium
dative	cervīcālī	cervīcālibus
accusative	cervīcal	cervīcālia
ablative	cervīcālī	cervīcālibus
vocative	cervīcal	cervīcālia

Related terms

• cervīcālis

References

• “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "cervical", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “cervical”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cervical”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cervical”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -al). By surface analysis, cérvice +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seɦ.viˈkaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seɦ.viˈkaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾ.viˈkaw/ [seɾ.viˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seʁ.viˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /seɻ.viˈkaw/ [seɻ.viˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.viˈkal/ [sɨɾ.viˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.viˈkal/ [sɨɾ.viˈkaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.biˈkal/ [sɨɾ.βiˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.viˈka.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) cervical (relating to the cervix or neck)

Related terms

• cérvice
• cerviz

Noun

cervical f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) ellipsis of vértebra cervical

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cervical.

Adjective

cervical m or n (feminine singular cervicală, masculine plural cervicali, feminine/neuter plural cervicale)

1. cervical

Declension

Declension of cervical

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cervical		cervicală	cervicali	cervicale
	definite	cervicalul		cervicala	cervicalii	cervicalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cervical		cervicale	cervicali	cervicale
	definite	cervicalului		cervicalei	cervicalilor	cervicalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvix +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɾbiˈkal/ [θeɾ.β̞iˈkal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seɾbiˈkal/ [seɾ.β̞iˈkal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

cervical m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervicales)

1. cervical

Derived terms

• latigazo cervical
• tirocervical
• vértebra cervical

Related terms

• cervico-
• cérvix
• cerviz

Further reading

• “cervical”, 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