dorsal
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (hanging): dossal
EtymologyEdit
From Late Middle English dorsal/dorsale, borrowing from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”), from dorsum (“the back”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to dorsum + -al.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɔː.səl/, /ˈdɔː.sl̩/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɹ.səl/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
AdjectiveEdit
dorsal (comparative more dorsal, superlative most dorsal)
- (anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
- (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
- (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
- (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
AntonymsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
Derived termsEdit
- anterodorsal, anteriodorsal
- apicodorsal
- basidorsal
- bidorsal
- caudodorsal
- centrodorsal
- cervicodorsal
- craniodorsal
- distodorsal
- dorsal body hormone
- dorsal fin
- dorsal hood
- dorsal root
- dorsal root ganglion
- dorsal slit
- dorsal vessel
- dorsalize, dorsalise
- dorsally
- dorsalmost
- dorsalward, dorsalwards
- holodorsal
- interdorsal
- intermediodorsal
- labiodorsal
- laterodorsal
- lumbodorsal
- mediodorsal
- mesodorsal, mesiodorsal
- middorsal
- nondorsal
- oculodorsal
- postdorsal
- posterodorsal
- predorsal
- prodorsal
- proximodorsal
- retrodorsal
- rostrodorsal
- sacrodorsal
- subdorsal
- superodorsal
- supradorsal
- temporodorsal
- thoracodorsal
- ventrodorsal
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
relating to the side in which the backbone is located
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relating to the top surface of foot or hand
produced using the dorsum of the tongue
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having only one sharp side
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NounEdit
dorsal (plural dorsals)
- (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
- (zootomy, in snakes) Any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
- (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
ReferencesEdit
- “dorsal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “dorsal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
dorsal m (plural dorsals)
NounEdit
dorsal f (plural dorsals)
- (meteorology) ridge
- Antonym: tàlveg
- (geomorphology) ridge (on the ocean floor)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “dorsal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French, from Latin dorsum with adjective-forming suffix -al.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dorsal (feminine dorsale, masculine plural dorsaux, feminine plural dorsales)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Dutch: dorsaal
Further readingEdit
- “dorsal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dorsal (strong nominative masculine singular dorsaler, not comparable)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of dorsal (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist dorsal | sie ist dorsal | es ist dorsal | sie sind dorsal | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dorsaler | dorsale | dorsales | dorsale |
| genitive | dorsalen | dorsaler | dorsalen | dorsaler | |
| dative | dorsalem | dorsaler | dorsalem | dorsalen | |
| accusative | dorsalen | dorsale | dorsales | dorsale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dorsale | die dorsale | das dorsale | die dorsalen |
| genitive | des dorsalen | der dorsalen | des dorsalen | der dorsalen | |
| dative | dem dorsalen | der dorsalen | dem dorsalen | den dorsalen | |
| accusative | den dorsalen | die dorsale | das dorsale | die dorsalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dorsaler | eine dorsale | ein dorsales | (keine) dorsalen |
| genitive | eines dorsalen | einer dorsalen | eines dorsalen | (keiner) dorsalen | |
| dative | einem dorsalen | einer dorsalen | einem dorsalen | (keinen) dorsalen | |
| accusative | einen dorsalen | eine dorsale | ein dorsales | (keine) dorsalen | |
InterlinguaEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dorsal (not comparable)
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dorsal m or f (plural dorsais, not comparable)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
dorsal f (plural dorsais)
- (geology) ridge
- Synonym: dorsal oceânica
- (linguistics) dorsal
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dorsal m or n (feminine singular dorsală, masculine plural dorsali, feminine and neuter plural dorsale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of dorsal
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | dorsal | dorsală | dorsali | dorsale | ||
| definite | dorsalul | dorsala | dorsalii | dorsalele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | dorsal | dorsale | dorsali | dorsale | ||
| definite | dorsalului | dorsalei | dorsalilor | dorsalelor | |||
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dorsal (plural dorsales)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
dorsal m (plural dorsales)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “dorsal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014