lacrimal

English

Alternative forms

• lachrymal, lacrymal

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lacrimālis, from lacrima (“a tear”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of lachrymal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.ɹɪm.əl/, /ˈlak.ɹɪm.l̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.ɹəm.əl/
• Rhymes: -ækɹɪməl

Adjective

lacrimal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs.
2. Alternative spelling of lachrymal.

Derived terms

• acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome
• frontolacrimal
• lacrimal apparatus
• lacrimal artery
• lacrimal bone
• lacrimal canal
• lacrimal canaliculus
• lacrimal caruncle
• lacrimal duct
• lacrimal fluid
• lacrimal gland
• lacrimal lake
• lacrimal nerve
• lacrimal point
• lacrimal punctum
• lacrimal sac
• lacrimo-
• maxillolacrimal
• nasolacrimal
• sublacrimal

Translations

of or relating to tears

• Asturian: llarimal (ast), llagrimal (ast)
• Catalan: lacrimal
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淚的 / 泪的 (zh) (lèi de)

• Finnish: kyynel- (fi)
• French: lacrymal (fr)
• Galician: lacrimal (gl)
• German: Tränen- (de)
• Ido: lakrimala (io)
• Irish: deorach
• Italian: lacrimale
• Occitan: lacrimal
• Polish: łzowy (pl)
• Portuguese: lacrimal
• Russian: слёзный (ru) (sljóznyj)
• Spanish: lacrimal
• Swedish: tår-

Noun

lacrimal (plural lacrimals)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of lacrimal bone.
2. Ellipsis of lacrimal vase.

References

• “lachrymal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lachrymal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin lacrimālis, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.kɾiˈmaw/ [la.kɾiˈmaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.kɾiˈmal/ [lɐ.kɾiˈmaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.kɾiˈmal/ [lɐ.kɾiˈmaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.kɾiˈma.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: la‧cri‧mal

Adjective

lacrimal m or f (plural lacrimais, not comparable)

1. lachrymal (relating to tears)

   Synonym: lagrimal

2. which produces tears

   Synonyms: lacrimante, lagrimante, lacrimogéneo

Related terms

• chorar
• choro
• lacrimação
• lacrimável
• lacrimejar
• lacrimenjante
• lacrimogéneo
• lacrimoso
• lágrima
• lagrimação
• lagrimal
• lagrimante
• lagrimar
• lagrimejar
• lagrimoso

Noun

lacrimal m (plural lacrimais)

1. (anatomy) lacrimal bone

Hypernyms

• osso

Further reading

• “lacrimal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacrymal.

Adjective

lacrimal m or n (feminine singular lacrimală, masculine plural lacrimali, feminine/neuter plural lacrimale)

1. lacrimal

Declension

Declension of lacrimal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	lacrimal		lacrimală		lacrimali	lacrimale
	definite	lacrimalul		lacrimala		lacrimalii	lacrimalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	lacrimal		lacrimale		lacrimali	lacrimale
	definite	lacrimalului		lacrimalei		lacrimalilor	lacrimalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lacrimālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lakɾiˈmal/ [la.kɾiˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: la‧cri‧mal

Adjective

lacrimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lacrimales)

1. lachrymal (relating to tears)

   Synonym: lagrimal

Derived terms

• saco lacrimal

Related terms

• lágrima

Noun

lacrimal m (plural lacrimales)

1. lachrymal

Further reading

• “lacrimal”, 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