neural

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʊɹəl/, /ˈnɝəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnjʊəɹəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnjəɹəl/

Adjective

neural (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• neural network

Translations

of or relating to the nerves

• Catalan: neural (ca)
• Dutch: neuraal (nl)
• Finnish: hermostollinen, neuraalinen (fi), neuro-
• French: neural (fr)
• Galician: neural
• German: neural (de)
• Irish: néarógach
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• Italian: neurale (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nevral

  Nynorsk: nevral

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

modelled on the arrangement of neurons

• Catalan: neural (ca)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: neuraalinen (fi), neuro-

Further reading

• “neural”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “neural”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “neural”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Lauren, ulnare, unreal

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Catalan

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

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French

Noun

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.

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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, 2012–2024

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Further reading

• Template:R:Michaelis
• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neuˈɾal/ [neu̯ˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurales)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Further reading

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