neural

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnʊɹəl/, /ˈnɝəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʊəɹəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnjəɹəl/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʉːɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

Adjective

neural (not comparable)

1. (biology) Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.

   Synonym: neuronal

   neural connections

   neural interface

2. (computing) Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.

Derived terms

• abneural
• adneural
• aneural
• antineural
• bapineuzumab
• bioneural
• chordoneural
• costoneural
• dermoneural
• diploneural
• ectoneural
• electroneural
• endoneural
• epineural
• extraneural
• glioneural
• hyponeural
• interneural
• intraneural
• microneural
• multineural
• myoneural
• neural arch
• neural axis
• neural canal
• neural crest
• neural crest syndrome
• neuralization
• neuralize
• neurally
• neuralness
• neural net
• neural network
• neural plate
• neural processing unit
• neural spine
• neural tube
• nonneural
• oligoneural
• onconeural
• panneural
• paraneural
• perineural
• postneural
• preneural
• proneural
• sensorineural
• spiking neural network
• subneural
• supraneural
• transneural
• vasoneural

Translations

of or relating to the nerves

• Bulgarian: нервен (bg) (nerven), на нервите (na nervite)
• Catalan: neural (ca)
• Dutch: neuraal (nl)
• Finnish: hermostollinen (fi), neuraalinen (fi), neuro- (fi)
• French: neural (fr)
• Galician: neural
• German: neural (de)
• Hindi: तंत्रिकीय (tantrikīya)
• Indonesian: neural (id)
• Irish: néarógach
• Italian: neurale (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nevral

  Nynorsk: nevral

• Portuguese: neural (pt)
• Spanish: neural (es)
• Swedish: nerv-, neural

modelled on the arrangement of neurons

• Bulgarian: невронен (nevronen)
• Catalan: neural (ca)
• Finnish: neuraalinen (fi), neuro- (fi)
• Hindi: तंत्रिकीय (tantrikīya)
• Indonesian: neural (id)

Further reading

• “neural”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “neural”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “neural”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Launer, Lauren, ulnare, unreal

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurals)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Further reading

• “neural”, 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
• “neural”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “neural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “neural”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nø.ʁal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

neural (feminine neurale, masculine plural neuraux, feminine plural neurales)

1. neural

Further reading

• “neural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Adjective

neural m or f (plural neurais)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch neuraal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /neˈural/ [neˈu.ral]
• Rhymes: -ural
• Syllabification: ne‧u‧ral

Adjective

neural (comparative lebih neural, superlative paling neural)

1. neural
   1. (biology) of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system
   2. (computing) modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain

Related terms

• neuron

Further reading

• “neural”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /newˈɾaw/ [neʊ̯ˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /newˈɾal/ [newˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /newˈɾal/ [newˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /newˈɾa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: neu‧ral

Adjective

neural m or f (plural neurais, not comparable)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Further reading

• “neural”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “neural”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “neural”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French neural.

Adjective

neural m or n (feminine singular neurală, masculine plural neurali, feminine/neuter plural neurale)

1. neural

Declension

Declension of neural

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	neural		neurală	neurali	neurale
	definite	neuralul		neurala	neuralii	neuralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	neural		neurale	neurali	neurale
	definite	neuralului		neuralei	neuralilor	neuralelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neuˈɾal/ [neu̯ˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: neu‧ral

Adjective

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurales)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Derived terms

• tubo neural

Further reading

• “neural”, 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