occipital
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput + -al. Doublet of occipitalis.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: ŏk-sĭp'-ĭt-əl
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.əl/, /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.l̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑkˈsɪp.ət.l̩/
- Rhymes: -ɪpɪtəl
Adjective edit
occipital (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.
Derived terms edit
- atlanto-occipital, atlantooccipital, atlantoccipital
- basioccipital, basiooccipital
- craniooccipital
- epioccipital
- exooccipital, exoccipital
- frontooccipital, frontaloccipital
- interoccipital
- laterooccipital, lateraloccipital
- medioccipital
- midoccipital
- nonoccipital
- occipital artery
- occipital bone
- occipital bun
- occipital horn syndrome
- occipital lobe
- occipital nerve
- occipital point
- occipito-, occipit-
- otooccipital, otoccipital, oticooccipital
- paraoccipital, paroccipital
- parieto-occipital, parietooccipital
- ponto-geniculo-occipital
- postoccipital
- preoccipital
- sphenooccipital
- suboccipital
- superoccipital
- supraoccipital
- temporo-occipital, temporooccipital, temporoccipital
- temporoparietooccipital
- trachelo-occipital
Translations edit
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Noun edit
occipital (plural occipitals)
Translations edit
References edit
- “occipital”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “occipital”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “occipital”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “occipital”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
occipital m or f (masculine and feminine plural occipitals)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
occipital m (plural occipitals)
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (whence occiput).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
occipital (feminine occipitale, masculine plural occipitaux, feminine plural occipitales)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “occipital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Adjective edit
occipital m or f (plural occipitais)
Noun edit
occipital m (plural occipitais)
- (anatomy) the occipital bone
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (“the back of the head”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧pi‧tal
Adjective edit
occipital m or f (plural occipitais, not comparable)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
occipital m (plural occipitais)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French occipital.
Adjective edit
occipital m or n (feminine singular occipitală, masculine plural occipitali, feminine and neuter plural occipitale)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | occipital | occipitală | occipitali | occipitale | ||
definite | occipitalul | occipitala | occipitalii | occipitalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | occipital | occipitale | occipitali | occipitale | ||
definite | occipitalului | occipitalei | occipitalilor | occipitalelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (“the back of the head”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /oɡθipiˈtal/ [oɣ̞.θi.piˈt̪al]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /oɡsipiˈtal/ [oɣ̞.si.piˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: oc‧ci‧pi‧tal
Adjective edit
occipital m or f (masculine and feminine plural occipitales)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
occipital m (plural occipitales)
- occipital bone
- Synonym: hueso occipital
- (muscle) occipitalis
- Synonym: músculo occipital
- occipital lobe
- Synonym: lóbulo occipital
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “occipital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- occipital on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es