anal

See also: Anal, anál, añal, and -anál

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.nəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪnəl

AdjectiveEdit

anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)

1. (not comparable) of, related to, intended for or involving the anus

   anal thermometer

   an anal examination

   anal sex

2. (psychoanalysis) of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
3. (psychology) of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.

   Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.

4. (entomology, of a vein) proximate to the thorax

SynonymsEdit

• (3): fussy, pernickety, picky

Derived termsEdit

• anally
• anal beads
• anal cleft
• anal fin
• anal pore

• anal-retentive
• anal sex
• anal sphincter
• anality
• anilingus
• perianal

Related termsEdit

• anus

TranslationsEdit

of, related to, intended for or involving the anus

• Arabic: شَرَجِيّ‎‎ (šarajiyy)
• Armenian: սրբանային (hy) (srbanayin), հետանցքային (hy) (hetancʿkʿayin)
• Catalan: anal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肛門 (zh), 肛门 (zh) (gāngmén)

• Czech: anální (cs)
• Esperanto: anusa
• Estonian: anaalne
• Finnish: anaalinen (fi)
• French: anal (fr) m, anale (fr) f
• Galician: anal (gl)
• Greek: πρωκτικός (el) (proktikós)
• Hindi: गुदा (hi) m (gudā)
• Irish: anasach, tóna

• Italian: anale (it)
• Japanese: 尻 (ja) (しり)
• Latvian: anāls
• Lithuanian: analinis
• Persian: مقعدی‎‎ (fa) (maq'adi)
• Polish: odbytniczy, analny (pl)
• Portuguese: anal (pt)
• Russian: ана́льный (ru) (análʹnyj)
• Samogitian: analėnės
• Sanskrit: भसद्य (sa) (bhasadya)
• Slovene: analen (sl)
• Spanish: anal (es)
• Turkish: anal (tr)
• Urdu: گدا‎‎ m (gudā)

of the stage in psychosexual development

• Catalan: anal (ca)
• Finnish: anaalinen (fi)
• French: anal (fr) m, anale (fr) f
• Italian: anale (it)

• Portuguese: anal (pt)
• Spanish: anal (es)
• Turkish: anal (tr)

of a person, obsessed with neatness, accuracy, compulsiveness and stubbornness,

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吹毛求疵的 (chuīmáoqiúcīde)

• Finnish: anaalinen (fi)
• German: analfixiert

• Lithuanian: smulkmeniškas
• Polish: pedantyczny (pl)
• Russian: буквое́д (ru) (bukvojéd)
• Spanish: fastidioso

See alsoEdit

• oral

NounEdit

anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)

1. Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
2. (informal) anal sex

   In the right mood, I'll accept anal.

   I'll do anything except anal.

AnagramsEdit

• Alan, Lana, Nala, alan, lana, nala

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BretonEdit

NounEdit

anal f (plural analioù)

1. breath

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin ānālis, or coined in French from anus +‎ -al.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /a.nal/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: anale, anales, annal, annale, annales

AdjectiveEdit

anal (feminine singular anale, masculine plural anaux, feminine plural anales)

1. anal (relating to the anus)

Further readingEdit

• “anal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /aˈnaːl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

AdjectiveEdit

anal (not comparable)

1. anal

DeclensionEdit

Declension of anal

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist anal	sie ist anal	es ist anal	sie sind anal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	analer	anale	anales	anale
	genitive	analen	analer	analen	analer
	dative	analem	analer	analem	analen
	accusative	analen	anale	anales	anale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der anale	die anale	das anale	die analen
	genitive	des analen	der analen	des analen	der analen
	dative	dem analen	der analen	dem analen	den analen
	accusative	den analen	die anale	das anale	die analen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein analer	eine anale	ein anales	(keine) analen
	genitive	eines analen	einer analen	eines analen	(keiner) analen
	dative	einem analen	einer analen	einem analen	(keinen) analen
	accusative	einen analen	eine anale	ein anales	(keine) analen

Derived termsEdit

• perianal

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PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin annālis; equivalent to ano +‎ -al.

AdjectiveEdit

anal m, f (plural anais, comparable)

1. (obsolete) annual, yearly (happening once a year)

SynonymsEdit

• anual

NounEdit

anal m (plural anais)

1. (obsolete) something that happens once a year

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

AdjectiveEdit

anal m, f (plural anais, comparable)

1. anal

NounEdit

anal m (plural anais)

1. anal (anal sex)

Related termsEdit

• ânus

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French anal, Latin ānālis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [aˈnal]

AdjectiveEdit

anal m, n (feminine singular anală, masculine plural anali, feminine and neuter plural anale)

1. anal

DeclensionEdit

declension of anal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	anal		anală	anali	anale
	definite	analul		anala	analii	analele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	anal		anale	anali	anale
	definite	analului		analei	analilor	analelor

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SpanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

AdjectiveEdit

anal (plural anales)

1. anal

Related termsEdit

• ano

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin annālis. Doublet of añal.

NounEdit

anal m (plural anales)

1. annal

   Los demás hechos de Jehú ... están escritos en los anales de los reyes de Israel.
   The other deeds of Jehu ... are written in the annals of the kings of Israel. 2 Kings 10:34 NRV XXI

Related termsEdit

• año
• anual