frontal

English

Etymology

From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Medieval Latin frontalis; equivalent to front +‎ -al. See also French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌntəl/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌntəl/, /ˈfɹʌnəl/
• Rhymes: -ʌntəl, -ʌnəl
• Hyphenation: front‧al

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

• abfrontal
• bifrontal
• centrofrontal
• dorsofrontal
• ethmofrontal
• ethmoidofrontal
• frontal bone
• frontality
• frontalization
• frontal lobe
• frontally
• frontal plane
• frontal sinus
• frontal wedgie
• full frontal nudity
• hypofrontal
• interfrontal
• mediofrontal
• mesofrontal
• midfrontal
• multifrontal
• nasofrontal
• occipitofrontal
• orbitofrontal
• palpebrofrontal
• postfrontal
• prefrontal
• sphenofrontal
• superfrontal
• zygomaticofrontal

 

Coordinate terms

• (humorous, about nudity) backal, sidal

Translations

of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone

• Arabic: أَمَامِيّ‎ (ʾamāmiyy), جَبْهِيّ‎ (jabhiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: أمامي‎ m (ʾamami)

• Belarusian: лабавы́ (labavý)
• Bulgarian: челен (bg) (čelen)
• Catalan: frontal (ca)
• Czech: čelní (cs)
• Dutch: frontaal (nl)
• French: frontal (fr)
• German: frontal (de), Stirn- (de)

• Italian: frontale (it)
• Polish: czołowy (pl)
• Portuguese: frontal (pt)
• Russian: ло́бный (ru) (lóbnyj), фронта́льный (ru) (frontálʹnyj), лобово́й (ru) (lobovój)
• Slovak: čelný
• Spanish: frontal (es)
• Tagalog: harapan, pangharap
• Ukrainian: лобови́й (lobovýj), чолови́й (čolovýj)

Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

1. (anatomy) The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
2. (architecture) The façade of a building.
4. (Christianity) A drapery covering the front of an altar.
   • 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)

     Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.

5. (zootomy) 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.

Translations

bone at the front of the skull

• French: frontal (fr)

façade of a building

• Bulgarian: фасада (bg) f (fasada)

drapery covering the front of an altar

• French: frontal (fr)

scale of a reptile

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Catalan

Etymology

From front +‎ -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fɾonˈtal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /fɾunˈtal/

Adjective

frontal (masculine and feminine plural frontals)

1. frontal

Derived terms

• lòbul frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontals)

1. frontal bone

Synonyms

• os frontal

Related terms

• front

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed 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

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French

Etymology

From front +‎ -al; see also Medieval Latin frontalis, from Latin frons, as well as fronteau and frontail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ̃.tal/

• Audio

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Adjective

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

1. frontal (relating to the forehead)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• frôlant, ronflât

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Galician

Etymology

From fronte +‎ -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Adjective

frontal m or f (plural frontais)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

1. (anatomy) the frontal bone

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʀɔnˈtaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

• Audio

  (file)

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 fronte +‎ -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

frontal m or 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾonˈtal/, [fɾõn̪ˈt̪al]
• Hyphenation: fron‧tal
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

frontal (plural frontales)

1. frontal

Derived terms

• hueso frontal
• lóbulo frontal
• músculo frontal
• nasofrontal

 

Noun

frontal m (plural frontales)

1. frontal bone
2. frontalis, frontalis muscle

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• frente

Further reading

• “frontal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• frontal on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es