tibial

English

Etymology

From Latin tībiālis, equivalent to tibia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪbi.əl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

tibial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.

   tibial plateau

   • 2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.

2. (music) Of or relating to a pipe or flute.

Derived terms

• astragalotibial
• femorotibial
• iliotibial
• intratibial
• meniscotibial
• metatibial
• posttibial
• pretibial
• protibial
• tibial plafond
• transtibial

Related terms

• tibia

Translations

Of or pertaining to a tibia

• Esperanto: tibia (eo)
• Finnish: tibiaalinen (fi), sääriluu- (fi), sääriluun (fi)
• French: tibial (fr)
• German: Schienbein-, Tibia-, Tibialis-
• Italian: tibiale
• Spanish: tibial
• Volapük: tibiadik

Noun

tibial (plural tibials)

1. (anatomy) A tibial bone.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

tibial (feminine tibiale, masculine plural tibiaux, feminine plural tibiales)

1. (anatomy) tibial

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tibial.

Adjective

tibial m or n (feminine singular tibială, masculine plural tibiali, feminine and neuter plural tibiale)

1. tibial

Declension

Declension of tibial

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	tibial		tibială		tibiali	tibiale
	definite	tibialul		tibiala		tibialii	tibialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	tibial		tibiale		tibiali	tibiale
	definite	tibialului		tibialei		tibialilor	tibialelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈbjal/ [t̪iˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ti‧bial

Adjective

tibial m or f (masculine and feminine plural tibiales)

1. (anatomy) tibial

Derived terms

• iliotibial

Related terms

• tibia

Further reading

• “tibial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10