mandibular

See also: mandibulär

English

Etymology

From Latin mandibula +‎ -ar. By surface analysis, mandible +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

mandibular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the mandible.

   Synonym: (archaic) mandibulary

   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 28:

     The head produces a mandibular gland pheromone composed of ketones, the thorax lacks large glands, and the abdomen contains the venom and the Nasonov gland that produces lemon oil compounds.

Coordinate terms

dentistry location adjectivesedit

• anterior
• apical
• apicocoronal
• axial
• buccal
• buccoapical
• buccocervical
• buccogingival
• buccolabial
• buccolingual
• bucco-occlusal
• buccopalatal
• cervical
• coronal
• coronoapical
• distal
• distoapical
• distobuccal
• distocclusal
• distocervical
• distoclusal
• distocoronal
• distofacial
• distogingival
• distoincisal
• distolingual
• disto-occlusal
• distopalatal
• facial
• gingival
• incisal
• incisocervical
• inferior
• labial
• lingual
• linguobuccal
• linguo-occlusal
• mandibular
• maxillary
• mesial
• mesioapical
• mesiobuccal
• mesiocclusal
• mesiocervical
• mesioclusal
• mesiocoronal
• mesiodistal
• mesiofacial
• mesiogingival
• mesioincisal
• mesiolingual
• mesio-occlusal
• mesiopalatal
• occlusal
• palatal
• posterior
• proximal
• superior
• vestibular

Derived terms

• branchiomandibular
• buccomandibular
• cerebrocostomandibular
• circummandibular
• coracomandibular
• craniomandibular
• hemimandibular
• hyomandibular
• hypomandibular
• inframandibular
• intermandibular
• intramandibular
• mandibular artery
• mandibular canal
• mandibular nerve
• mandibular pheromone
• mandibulo-
• maxillomandibular
• micromandibular
• musculomandibular
• nonmandibular
• oromandibular
• otomandibular
• perimandibular
• postmandibular
• premandibular
• preoperculomandibular
• queen mandibular pheromone
• retromandibular
• sphenomandibular
• stylomandibular
• submandibular
• temporomandibular
• transmandibular
• tympanomandibular

Related terms

• mandibulary
• mandibulate

Translations

of or pertaining to the mandible

• Catalan: mandibular
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下頜的 / 下颌的 (xiàhé de, (Taiwan) xiàgé de)

• Finnish: alaleuan (fi) (genitive of noun), mandibulaarinen (fi)
• French: mandibulaire (fr)
• Galician: mandibular
• German: mandibulär (de)
• Interlingua: mandibular
• Irish: mandabail m
• Italian: mandibolare (it)
• Polish: żuchwowy (pl)
• Portuguese: mandibular
• Romanian: mandibular (ro)
• Spanish: mandibular

References

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mən.di.βuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mən.di.buˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [man.di.buˈlaɾ]

Adjective

mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulars)

1. mandibular

Related terms

• mandíbula

Further reading

• “mandibular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mandibular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mandibular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mandibular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Adjective

mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares)

1. mandibular

Related terms

• mandíbula

Further reading

• “mandibular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Interlingua

Adjective

mandibular (not comparable)

1. mandibular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaʁ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaʁ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaʁ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.di.buˈlaɾ/ [mɐ̃.di.βuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.di.buˈlaɾ/ [mɐ̃.di.βuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.di.buˈla.ɾi/ [mɐ̃.di.βuˈla.ɾi]

Adjective

mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares, not comparable)

1. mandibular

Related terms

• mandíbula

Further reading

• “mandibular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mandibular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mandibulaire.

Adjective

mandibular m or n (feminine singular mandibulară, masculine plural mandibulari, feminine/neuter plural mandibulare)

1. mandibular

Declension

Declension of mandibular

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mandibular		mandibulară		mandibulari	mandibulare
	definite	mandibularul		mandibulara		mandibularii	mandibularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	mandibular		mandibulare		mandibulari	mandibulare
	definite	mandibularului		mandibularei		mandibularilor	mandibularelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mandibuˈlaɾ/ [mãn̪.d̪i.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: man‧di‧bu‧lar

Adjective

mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulares)

1. mandibular

Derived terms

• esfenomandibular
• retromandibular
• submandibular

Related terms

• mandíbula

Further reading

• “mandibular”, 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