anal

See also: Anal, anál, añal, -anál, and aŋal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.nəl/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -eɪnəl

Adjective

anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)

1. (not comparable) of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from 18th c.]

   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. [from 20th c.]
3. (psychology) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from 20th c.]

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

   • 1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life (page 39)

     He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.

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

Synonyms

• (compulsive and stubborn): fussy, pernickety, picky, anal-retentive

Derived terms

• anal beads
• anal cleft
• anal-expulsive
• anal fin
• anal fissure
• anal fistula
• anal gland
• anal glaucoma
• anal hook
• anality
• anally
• anal pore
• anal retentive, anal-retentive
• anal sex
• anal sphincter
• anal vein
• anilingus
• perianal
• preanal

 

Related terms

• anus

Translations

of, related to, intended for or involving the anus

• Arabic: شَرَجِيّ‎ (šarajiyy)
• Armenian: սրբանային (hy) (srbanayin), հետանցքային (hy) (hetancʿkʿayin)
• Belarusian: ана́льны (análʹny)
• Bulgarian: ана́лен (análen)
• Catalan: anal (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: anální (cs)
• Dutch: anaal (nl)
• Esperanto: anusa
• Estonian: anaalne
• Finnish: anaalinen (fi)
• French: anal (fr)
• Galician: anal (gl)
• German: anal (de)
• Greek: πρωκτικός (el) (proktikós)
• Hindi: गुदा (hi) m (gudā)

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

of the stage in psychosexual development

• Catalan: anal (ca)
• Finnish: anaalinen (fi)
• French: anal (fr)
• German: anal (de)
• Italian: anale (it)

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

of a person, compulsive and stubborn

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吹毛求疵的 (chuīmáoqiúcīde)

• Finnish: anaalinen (fi)
• German: zwanghaft (de), stur (de), pingelig (de), kleinlich (de), pedantisch (de), etepetete (de), heikel (de), eigen (de), zimperlich (de), übergenau (de), überkorrekt, spießig (de)
• Lithuanian: smulkmeniškas

• Polish: pedantyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: anal (pt) m or f
• Russian: буквое́д (ru) (bukvojéd)
• Spanish: fastidioso (es), meticuloso (es)

See also

• oral

Noun

anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)

1. (countable) Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
2. (uncountable, informal) Anal sex.

   In the right mood, I'll accept anal.

   I'll do anything except anal.

Verb

anal (third-person singular simple present anals, present participle (US) analing or (Commonwealth) analling, simple past and past participle (US) analed or (Commonwealth) analled)

1. (transitive, slang, rare, chiefly in pornography) To penetrate anally.

   The man with the huge cock analed the hot chick.

Anagrams

• Alan, Lana, Nala, alan, lana, nala

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Breton

Noun

anal f (plural analioù)

1. breath

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈnal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈnal/

Adjective

anal (masculine and feminine plural anals)

1. anal

Derived terms

• sexe anal

Related terms

• anus

Further reading

• “anal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “anal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “anal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “anal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nal/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Adjective

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

1. (relational) anus; anal

Derived terms

• nageoire anale
• sexe anal
• stade anal

 

Further reading

• “anal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnaːl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

anal (strong nominative masculine singular analer, not comparable)

1. anal

Declension

Positive forms of anal (uncomparable)

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 terms

• perianal

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch anaal, from French anal, from Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanal]
• Hyphenation: anal

Adjective

anal

1. anal: of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.

Related terms

• anus

 

Further reading

• “anal” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnaw/ [aˈnaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈnal/ [ɐˈnaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧nal

Etymology 1

From Latin annālis. By surface analysis, ano +‎ al.

Adjective

anal m or f (plural anais)

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

   Synonym: anual

Noun

anal m (plural anais)

1. (obsolete) something that happens once a year

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin ānālis.

Adjective

anal m or f (plural anais, not comparable)

1. anal

Derived terms

• analmente

Noun

anal m (plural anais)

1. anal (anal sex)

Related terms

• ânus

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anal, Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈnal]

Adjective

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

1. anal

Declension

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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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnal/, [aˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Adjective

anal (plural anales)

1. anal

Derived terms

• aleta anal
• analmente
• cuentas anales
• sexo anal
• tapón anal

 

Related terms

• ano

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin annālis. Doublet of añal.

Noun

anal m (plural anales)

1. annal
   • NRV XXI, 2 Kings 10:34

     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.

Related terms

• año
• anual

Further reading

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