frontal

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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)

  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

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Translations

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

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)

  1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontals)

  1. frontal bone

Synonyms

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

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:(file)

Adjective

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

  1. frontal (relating to the forehead)

Further reading

Anagrams

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

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

frontal (not comparable)

  1. frontal

Declension

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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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  1. frontal

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

  1. frontal bone

Hypernyms

Holonyms

Coordinate terms

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

frontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frontales)

  1. frontal

Derived terms

Noun

frontal m (plural frontales)

  1. frontal bone
  2. frontalis, frontalis muscle

Synonyms

Further reading

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