jugular

English

WOTD – 26 July 2008

Alternative forms

• jugulary (obsolete)

Etymology

Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) +‎ -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.ɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒu.ɡjəl.ɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.əl.ɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.lɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡjʊlə(ɹ), -uːɡjʊlə(ɹ), -ʌɡələ(ɹ)

Adjective

jugular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
   1. (relational) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.
2. (zootomy, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
3. (humorous, relational) Relating to juggling.

Derived terms

• abdominojugular
• hepatojugular
• intrajugular
• jugular foramen
• jugular notch
• jugular trunk
• jugular vein
• jugular venous pressure
• jugulo-
• transjugular

 

Translations

relating to the neck or throat

• Bulgarian: отнасящ се до шията (otnasjašt se do šijata)
• Catalan: jugular
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頸的／颈的 (zh) (jǐng de)

• Czech: jugulární (cs)
• Dutch: jugulair
• Finnish: kaula- (fi)
• French: jugulaire (fr)
• Galician: xugular (gl)
• Greek: τραχηλικός (el) (trachilikós)
• Ido: faucala (io)
• Polish: szyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: jugular (pt) f
• Russian: ше́йный (ru) (šéjnyj)
• Spanish: yugular (es)

relating to the jugular vein

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頸靜脈的／颈静脉的 (jǐngjìngmài de)

Noun

jugular (plural jugulars) (rarely in the plural)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of jugular vein.
2. (by extension) Any critical vulnerability.

   It was vicious; he went for the jugular.

   • 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 83:

     One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular […] .

Derived terms

• go for the jugular

Translations

jugular vein — see jugular vein

critical vulnerability

• Finnish: akilleenkantapää (fi)

References

• “jugular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “jugular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ʒu.ɡuˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ʒu.ɡuˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlaʁ/ [ʒu.ɡuˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlaɾ/ [ʒu.ɣuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlaɾ/ [ʒu.ɣuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈla.ɾi/ [ʒu.ɣuˈla.ɾi]

Adjective

jugular m or f (plural jugulares)

1. jugular (relating to the neck or throat)

Noun

jugular f (plural jugulares)

1. jugular vein

Related terms

• jugo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jugulaire, Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlar/

Adjective

jugular m or n (feminine singular jugulară, masculine plural jugulari, feminine and neuter plural jugulare)

1. jugular; pertaining to the neck or throat

Declension

Declension of jugular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	jugular		jugulară	jugulari	jugulare
	definite	jugularul		jugulara	jugularii	jugularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	jugular		jugulare	jugulari	jugulare
	definite	jugularului		jugularei	jugularilor	jugularelor

Related terms

• venă jugulară
• junghia