humeral

See also: humerál, huméral, and humerał

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

humeral (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or near the humerus or shoulder

Derived terms

• acromiohumeral
• cervicohumeral
• facioscapulohumeral
• humeral veil
• interhumeral
• intrahumeral
• radiohumeral
• scapulohumeral
• superhumeral
• thoracohumeral
• transhumeral
• ulnohumeral

Translations

of the humerus

• Arabic: كَتِفِيّ (katifiyy)
• Belarusian: плечавы́ (plječavý)
• Bulgarian: ра́менен (rámenen)
• Catalan: humeral
• Czech: ramenní (cs)
• Finnish: humeraalinen (in medicine); olka- (fi)
• French: huméral (fr)
• German: Schulter- (de)
• Italian: omerale (it)
• Macedonian: раменен (ramenen)
• Polish: ramienny (pl), ramieniowy (pl)
• Romanian: humeral (ro)
• Russian: плечево́й (ru) (plečevój)
• Slovak: ramenný
• Spanish: humeral (es)
• Ukrainian: плечови́й (plečovýj)

Noun

humeral (plural humerals)

1. An oblong scarf worn round the priest's shoulders at certain parts of the Mass and of Benediction.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French huméral.

Adjective

humeral m or n (feminine singular humerală, masculine plural humerali, feminine/neuter plural humerale)

1. humeral

Declension

Declension of humeral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	humeral		humerală	humerali	humerale
	definite	humeralul		humerala	humeralii	humeralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	humeral		humerale	humerali	humerale
	definite	humeralului		humeralei	humeralilor	humeralelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umeˈɾal/ [u.meˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: hu‧me‧ral

Adjective

humeral m or f (masculine and feminine plural humerales)

1. (anatomy) humeral

Derived terms

• coracohumeral
• glenohumeral

Related terms

• húmero

Further reading

• “humeral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025