frontal
English
Etymology
From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Medieval Latin frontalis; equivalent to front + -al. See also French frontal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frontal (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
- a frontal attack
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal plane.
- Of or relating to a weather front.
Derived terms
- abfrontal
- bifrontal
- centrofrontal
- dorsofrontal
- 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
- postfrontal
- prefrontal
- sphenofrontal
- superfrontal
- zygomaticofrontal
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Noun
frontal (plural frontals)
- (anatomy) The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
- (architecture) The façade of a building.
- (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.
- 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)
- (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.
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Catalan
Etymology
From front + -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frontals)
Noun
frontal m (plural frontals)
Synonyms
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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Adjective
frontal
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
French
Etymology
From front + -al; see also Medieval Latin frontalis, from Latin frons, as well as fronteau and frontail.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frontal (feminine frontale, masculine plural frontaux, feminine plural frontales)
- frontal (relating to the forehead)
Further reading
- “frontal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From fronte + -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.
Adjective
frontal m or f (plural frontais)
Noun
frontal m (plural frontais)
- (anatomy) the frontal bone
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
frontal (not comparable)
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
From fronte + -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: fron‧tal
Adjective
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Antonyms
Related terms
Noun
frontal m (plural frontais)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frontales)
Derived terms
Noun
frontal m (plural frontales)
Synonyms
- (bone): hueso frontal
- (muscle): músculo frontal
Related terms
Further reading
- “frontal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
frontal on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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