mandíbula

See also: mandibula

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mənˈdi.βu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mənˈdi.bu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [manˈdi.bu.la]

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbules)

1. jaw
2. jawbone, mandible

Synonyms

• (jawbone, mandible): maixella

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mandíbula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mandíbula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mandíbula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw
2. mandible, the jawbone

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandibula (“mandible”), from mandō (“I bite; I chew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ˈd͡ʒi.bu.lɐ/
• IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ˈdi.βu.lɐ/

Noun

mandíbula f (plural s)

1. jaw
2. (anatomy) mandible, the lower jawbone
3. mandible of an anthropod

Synonyms

• (jaw): queixo
• (lower jawbone): queixada, (dated) maxilar inferior
• (mandible of an arthropod): pinça

Hypernyms

• (lower jawbone): osso

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw

   Synonym: quijada

Derived terms

• mandíbulas de la vida

 

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014