frontal

English

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: أمامي m (ʔamami), أمامية f (ʔamamiya)

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

• Catalan: frontal
• Czech: čelní m
• Dutch: frontaal (nl)

• French: frontal (fr)
• German: frontal (de)
• Italian: frontale (it)
• Portuguese: frontal (pt)
• Spanish: frontal (es)

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

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

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French

Etymology

front +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ̃.tal/

Adjective

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

1. frontal (relating to the forehead)

Anagrams

• frôlant, ronflât

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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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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

confrontar confronto defrontar defronte

enfrentar frente frentear frentista

frontão frontaria fronte frontear

fronteira fronteiriço fronteiro 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