anal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)
- (not comparable) of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from 18th c.]
- anal thermometer
- an anal examination
- anal sex
- (psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. [from 20th c.]
- (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.
- (entomology, of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.
SynonymsEdit
- (compulsive and stubborn): fussy, pernickety, picky, anal-retentive
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TranslationsEdit
of the stage in psychosexual development
of a person, compulsive and stubborn
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NounEdit
anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)
- Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
- (informal) Anal sex.
- In the right mood, I'll accept anal.
- I'll do anything except anal.
AnagramsEdit
BretonEdit
NounEdit
anal f (plural analioù)
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anal (masculine and feminine plural anals)
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Further readingEdit
- “anal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “anal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “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.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin ānālis, or coined in French from anus + -al.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anal (feminine singular anale, masculine plural anaux, feminine plural anales)
- anal (relating to the anus)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “anal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anal (not comparable)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of anal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin annālis; equivalent to ano + -al.
AdjectiveEdit
anal m or f (plural anais, comparable)
NounEdit
anal m (plural anais)
- (obsolete) something that happens once a year
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
anal m or f (plural anais, comparable)
NounEdit
anal m (plural anais)
- anal (anal sex)
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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French anal, Latin ānālis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
anal m or n (feminine singular anală, masculine plural anali, feminine and neuter plural anale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of anal
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
anal (plural anales)
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Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Latin annālis. Doublet of añal.
NounEdit
anal m (plural anales)
- 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
- Los demás hechos de Jehú ... están escritos en los anales de los reyes de Israel.
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Further readingEdit
- “anal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.