frontal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌntəl/

Adjective

frontal ‎(not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.
2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
3. (anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal plane.
4. Of or relating to a weather front.

Derived terms

• frontal bone
• frontal lobe
• full frontal nudity

Translations

of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone

• Arabic: أَمَامِيّ m ‎(ʾamāmiyy), أَمَامِيَّة f ‎(ʾamāmiyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: أمامي m ‎(ʔamami), أمامية f ‎(ʔamameya)

• Bulgarian: челен (bg) ‎(čelen)
• Catalan: frontal (ca)
• Czech: čelní m
• Dutch: frontaal (nl)

• French: frontal (fr)
• German: frontal (de)
• Italian: frontale (it)
• Portuguese: frontal (pt)
• Russian: ло́бный (ru) ‎(lóbnyj), фронта́льный (ru) ‎(frontálʹnyj), лобово́й (ru) ‎(lobovój)
• Spanish: frontal (es)
• Tagalog: harapan, pangharap

Noun

frontal ‎(plural frontals)

1. A drapery covering the front of an altar.
2. The façade of a building.
3. (anatomy) The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
4. Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin frontalis ‎(“frontal”).

Adjective

frontal m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural frontals)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m ‎(plural frontals)

1. frontal bone

Synonyms

• os frontal

Related terms

• front

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French frontal.

Adjective

frontal

1. frontal

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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French

Etymology

front +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ̃.tal/

Adjective

frontal m ‎(feminine singular frontale, masculine plural frontaux, feminine plural frontales)

1. frontal (relating to the forehead)

Anagrams

• frôlant, ronflât

External links

• “frontal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Adjective

frontal m, f (plural frontais)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m ‎(plural frontais)

1. (anatomy) the frontal bone

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

frontal ‎(not comparable)

1. frontal

Declension

Declension of frontal

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist frontal	sie ist frontal	es ist frontal	sie sind frontal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	frontaler	frontale	frontales	frontale
	genitive	frontalen	frontaler	frontalen	frontaler
	dative	frontalem	frontaler	frontalem	frontalen
	accusative	frontalen	frontale	frontales	frontale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der frontale	die frontale	das frontale	die frontalen
	genitive	des frontalen	der frontalen	des frontalen	der frontalen
	dative	dem frontalen	der frontalen	dem frontalen	den frontalen
	accusative	den frontalen	die frontale	das frontale	die frontalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein frontaler	eine frontale	ein frontales	(keine) frontalen
	genitive	eines frontalen	einer frontalen	eines frontalen	(keiner) frontalen
	dative	einem frontalen	einer frontalen	einem frontalen	(keinen) frontalen
	accusative	einen frontalen	eine frontale	ein frontales	(keine) frontalen

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin frontalis ‎(“frontal”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾõ.ˈtaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾõ.ˈtaɫ/
• Hyphenation: fron‧tal

Adjective

frontal m, f ‎(plural frontais, comparable)

1. frontal

Synonyms

• fronteiro, anterior

Antonyms

• traseiro, posterior

Related terms

Related terms

• confrontar
• confronto
• defrontar
• defronte

• enfrentar
• frentear
• frente
• frentista

• frontão
• frontaria
• frontear
• fronteira

• fronteiriço
• fronteiro
• fronte
• frontispício

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

1. frontal bone

Hypernyms

• osso

Holonyms

• crânio

Coordinate terms

• occipital, parietal, temporal, esfenoide, etmoide

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Spanish

Adjective

frontal m, f ‎(plural frontales)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m ‎(plural frontales)

1. frontal bone
2. frontalis, frontalis muscle

Synonyms

• (bone): hueso frontal
• (muscle): músculo frontal

See also

• Frontal on the Spanish Wikipedia.es.Wikipedia