umbilical

English

Etymology

From Latin umbilicus (“navel”) +‎ -al. By surface analysis, umbilic- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌmˈbɪ.lɪ.kəl/, /ʌm.bɪˈlaɪ.kəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌmˈbɪ.lɪ.kəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪkəl, -aɪkəl

Adjective

umbilical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.
   • 2000, “Orestes”, performed by A Perfect Circle:

     One womb, one shame, one resolve ¶ Liberate this will to release us all ¶ Gotta cut away, clear away ¶ Snip away and sever this umbilical residue ¶ Keeping me from killing you

2. (mathematics) Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other.

Derived terms

• infraumbilical
• nonumbilical
• paraumbilical
• parumbilical
• periumbilical
• postumbilical
• preumbilical
• pseudoumbilical
• subumbilical
• supraumbilical
• transumbilical
• umbilical artery
• umbilical cord
• umbilical hernia
• umbilically
• umbilical notch
• umbilical vein
• vesicoumbilical

Translations

of or relating to the navel or the umbilical cord

• Arabic: سُرِّيّ (surriyy)
• Armenian: պորտային (hy) (portayin)
• Catalan: umbilical (ca)
• Czech: pupeční (cs)
• Esperanto: umbilika
• Finnish: napanuora-
• French: ombilical (fr)
• Galician: umbilical
• Greek: ομφαλικός (el) m (omfalikós), ομφάλιος (el) m (omfálios)
• Ido: umbilikala (io)
• Italian: ombelicale (it)
• Latin: umbilīcāris
• Macedonian: папочен (papočen)
• Polish: pępkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: umbilical (pt)
• Russian: пупови́нный (ru) (pupovínnyj)
• Tagalog: pampusod, pusurin
• Ukrainian: пупко́вий (pupkóvyj)

of a differential curve

• Polish: pępkowaty
• Spanish: umbílico m, umbílica f

Noun

umbilical (plural umbilicals)

1. (space flight) A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc.

Translations

aerospace: cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, etc

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} umbilicus m
• Polish: pępek (pl) m
• Russian: страховочный (ru) (straxovočnyj) трос (ru) (tros), фал (ru) (fal)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin umbilicus (“navel”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [um.bi.liˈkal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

umbilical m or f (masculine and feminine plural umbilicals)

1. (anatomy) umbilical

Derived terms

• cordó umbilical

Related terms

• llombrígol

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōlder.

Latin umbilicus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālem

Old Galician-Portuguese -al

Galician -al

Galician umbilical

From Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + Galician -al.

Adjective

umbilical m or f (plural umbilicais)

1. (anatomy) umbilical

Related terms

• embigo

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōlder.

Latin umbilicus

Portuguese -al

Portuguese umbilical

From Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + Portuguese -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũ.bi.liˈkaw/ [ũ.bi.liˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũ.bi.liˈkal/ [ũ.bi.liˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũ.bi.liˈkal/ [ũ.bi.liˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũ.bi.liˈka.li/

• Hyphenation: um‧bi‧li‧cal

Adjective

umbilical m or f (plural umbilicais)

1. (anatomy) umbilical

Derived terms

• cordão umbilical
• paraumbilical
• umbilicado
• umbilicalmente

Related terms

• umbigo

Further reading

• “umbilical”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “umbilical”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “umbilical”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “umbilical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōlder.

Latin umbilicus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish umbilical

From Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + Spanish -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umbiliˈkal/ [ũm.bi.liˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: um‧bi‧li‧cal

Adjective

umbilical m or f (masculine and feminine plural umbilicales)

1. (anatomy) umbilical

Derived terms

• cordón umbilical
• cuerda umbilical
• paraumbilical

Related terms

• ombligo

Further reading

• “umbilical”, 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