frontalis

See also: frontális

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, clipping of mūsculus frontālis (“frontal muscle”). Doublet of frontal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪs

Noun

frontalis (plural frontales)

1. (anatomy) A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

   Coordinate term: occipitalis

Related terms

• alopecia liminaris frontalis
• frontal

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 額肌／额肌 (zh) (éjī)

• Italian: frontale (it) m, muscolo frontale m
• Spanish: frontal (es) m, músculo frontal m

References

• “frontalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• flat irons, flatirons, frost nail, frost-nail, inflators

Latin

Etymology

From frons (“forehead, brow, front”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fronˈtaː.lis/, [frɔn̪ˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fronˈta.lis/, [fron̪ˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

frontālis (neuter frontāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. (anatomy) relating to the forehead; frontal

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	frontālis	frontāle		frontālēs	frontālia
Genitive	frontālis			frontālium
Dative	frontālī			frontālibus
Accusative	frontālem	frontāle		frontālēs frontālīs	frontālia
Ablative	frontālī			frontālibus
Vocative	frontālis	frontāle		frontālēs	frontālia

Related terms

• frontālia

Descendants

Descendants of frontalis in other languages

• → Catalan: frontal
• → English: frontal, frontalis
• → French: frontal
• → Italian: frontale
• → Portuguese: frontal
• Sicilian: fruntali
• → Spanish: frontal