cloacal

English

Etymology

cloaca +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kləʊˈeɪkəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kloʊˈeɪkəl/

Adjective

cloacal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the cloaca
   • 1951, Marshal McLuhan, Mechanical Bride, page 62:

     And it is our cloacal obsession which produces the hysterical hygiene ads […]

Derived terms

• cloacal bladder
• cloacal gland
• cloacal kiss
• cloacally
• cloacal membrane
• cloacal plate
• paracloacal
• pericloacal
• postcloacal
• precloacal

 

Translations

of or pertaining to the cloaca

• Finnish: kloaakki-, viemärisuoli-
• Italian: cloacale
• Spanish: cloacal

Romanian

Etymology

From cloacă +‎ -al.

Adjective

cloacal m or n (feminine singular cloacală, masculine plural cloacali, feminine and neuter plural cloacale)

1. cloacal

Declension

Declension of cloacal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	cloacal		cloacală	cloacali	cloacale
	definite	cloacalul		cloacala	cloacalii	cloacalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	cloacal		cloacale	cloacali	cloacale
	definite	cloacalului		cloacalei	cloacalilor	cloacalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From cloaca +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloaˈkal/ [klo.aˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: clo‧a‧cal

Adjective

cloacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural cloacales)

1. cloacal
2. sewage, waste

Further reading

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