clavicular

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English clavicle

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -ārisbor.

English -ar

English clavicular

From clavicle + -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kləˈvɪk.jʊ.lə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /klæˈvɪk.jə.lɚ/, /kləˈvɪk.jəl.ɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: cla‧vic‧u‧lar

Adjective

clavicular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the clavicle.

Derived terms

• acromioclavicular
• coracoclavicular
• costoclavicular
• infraclavicular
• interclavicular
• intraclavicular
• medioclavicular
• midclavicular
• omoclavicular
• periclavicular
• postclavicular
• scapuloclavicular
• sternoclavicular
• subclavicular
• supraclavicular

Translations

relating to the clavicle

• Catalan: clavicular
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎖骨的 / 锁骨的 (zh) (suǒgǔ de)

• French: claviculaire (fr)
• German: klavikular
• Romanian: clavicular (ro)
• Portuguese: clavicular
• Spanish: clavicular

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

From clavícula +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [klə.βi.kuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [klə.vi.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kla.vi.kuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kla.βi.kuˈlar]

Adjective

clavicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural claviculars)

1. (anatomy) clavicular

Portuguese

Etymology

From clavícula + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kla.vi.kuˈlaʁ/ [kla.vi.kuˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kla.vi.kuˈlaʁ/ [kla.vi.kuˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kla.vi.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kla.vi.kuˈlaʁ/ [kla.vi.kuˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kla.vi.kuˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.vi.kuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.vi.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.bi.kuˈlaɾ/ [klɐ.βi.kuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.vi.kuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cla‧vi‧cu‧lar

Adjective

clavicular m or f (plural claviculares)

1. (anatomy) clavicle, clavicular (of or relating to the clavicle)

Further reading

• “clavicular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “clavicular”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “clavicular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “clavicular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clavicularius or French claviculaire.

Adjective

clavicular m or n (feminine singular claviculară, masculine plural claviculari, feminine/neuter plural claviculare)

1. (anatomy) clavicular

Declension

Declension of clavicular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	clavicular		claviculară	claviculari	claviculare
	definite	clavicularul		claviculara	clavicularii	clavicularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	clavicular		claviculare	claviculari	claviculare
	definite	clavicularului		clavicularei	clavicularilor	clavicularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From clavícula + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klabikuˈlaɾ/ [kla.β̞i.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cla‧vi‧cu‧lar

Adjective

clavicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural claviculares)

1. (anatomy, relational) clavicle, clavicular (of or relating to the clavicle)

Derived terms

• coracoclavicular

Related terms

• clavícula

Further reading

• “clavicular”, 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