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cervical

English

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Etymology

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Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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Adjective

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cervical (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.
    cervical pain
  2. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.
    cervical cancer

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Noun

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cervical (plural cervicals)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

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Adjective

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cervical (feminine cervicale, masculine plural cervicaux, feminine plural cervicales)

  1. (anatomy) cervical
    vertèbre cervicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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  • → English: cervical

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Adjective

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cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

  1. (anatomy) cervical

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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cervical (not comparable)

  1. cervical
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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Substantivation of apocopated cervīcāle, nominative neuter singular of cervīcālis (“pertaining to the neck”), see -al.

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Noun

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cervīcal n (genitive cervīcālis); third declension

  1. a pillow, cushion, bolster
    Synonyms: pulvīnus, culcita, coxīnus

Inflection

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Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

singular plural
nominative cervīcal cervīcālia
genitive cervīcālis cervīcālium
dative cervīcālī cervīcālibus
accusative cervīcal cervīcālia
ablative cervīcālī cervīcālibus
vocative cervīcal cervīcālia
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  • “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "cervical", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cervical in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cervical”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cervical”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -al). By surface analysis, cérvice +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

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cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

  1. (anatomy) cervical (relating to the cervix or neck)
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Noun

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cervical f (plural cervicais)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of vértebra cervical.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French cervical.

Adjective

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cervical m or n (feminine singular cervicală, masculine plural cervicali, feminine and neuter plural cervicale)

  1. cervical

Declension

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Declension of cervical
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite cervical cervicală cervicali cervicale
definite cervicalul cervicala cervicalii cervicalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite cervical cervicale cervicali cervicale
definite cervicalului cervicalei cervicalilor cervicalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvix +‎ -al.

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾbiˈkal/ [θeɾ.β̞iˈkal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾbiˈkal/ [seɾ.β̞iˈkal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

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cervical m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervicales)

  1. cervical

Derived terms

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Further reading

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