vestibular
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See also: vestibulär
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective
[edit]vestibular (not comparable) (relational)
- Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
- 1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century[1], page 158:
- […] while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister, […] .
- 1950 August, “Notes and News: Royal Train at Croydon”, in Railway Magazine, pages 569-570:
- Originally, it was intended that the stock should be vestibular throughout, but when the drawings were submitted to the Prince of Wales, he cut out this feature, saying that a railway journey afforded one of the very few occasions when he was able to enjoy absolute privacy—a feature which the vestibule would tend to abolish.
- (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.
- vestibular impulse
- 1859, William James Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of Human Anatomy, General and Special:
- Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve […] .
- (dentistry) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.
Antonyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
[edit]- audiovestibular
- cerebellovestibular
- cochleovestibular
- distovestibular
- extravestibular
- intervestibular
- lesser vestibular glands
- mediovestibular
- neurovestibular
- nonvestibular
- oculovestibular
- otovestibular
- paravestibular
- rectovestibular
- vestibular aqueduct
- vestibular fold
- vestibular ganglion
- vestibular ligament
- vestibular membrane
- vestibular nerve
- vestibular nucleus
- vestibular schwannoma
- vestibular sense
- vestibular system
- vestibular wall
- vestibular window
- visuovestibular
Related terms
[edit]Translations
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Noun
[edit]vestibular (plural vestibulars)
- (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
- Synonyms: vestibular exam, vestibular examination
- 2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People, page 23:
- Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.
References
[edit]- “vestibular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “vestibular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Portuguese
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[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]vestibular m (plural vestibulares)
- (Brazil) an admittance test for Brazilian universities
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vestibular m or f (plural vestibulares)
- (anatomy) vestibular (relating to the vestibule)
Further reading
[edit]- “vestibular”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “vestibular” in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “vestibular” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “vestibular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “vestibular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “vestibular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French vestibulaire.
Adjective
[edit]vestibular m or n (feminine singular vestibulară, masculine plural vestibulari, feminine and neuter plural vestibulare)
Declension
[edit]Declension of vestibular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | vestibular | vestibulară | vestibulari | vestibulare | ||
definite | vestibularul | vestibulara | vestibularii | vestibularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | vestibular | vestibulare | vestibulari | vestibulare | ||
definite | vestibularului | vestibularei | vestibularilor | vestibularelor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vestibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestibulares)
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -ar
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English relational adjectives
- English terms with quotations
- en:Anatomy
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Dentistry
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Education
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʁ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʁ/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aɾ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aɾ/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese adjectives
- pt:Anatomy
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ar
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives
- es:Anatomy