jugular
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin jugulāris, from iugulum (“neck, throat”), from iugum (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒʌɡ.jʊ.lə/, /ˈdʒʌɡ.jə.lə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʒʌɡ.jʊ.lɚ/, /ˈdʒʌɡ.jə.lɚ/
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AdjectiveEdit
jugular (not comparable)
- Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
- (zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
- (humorous) Relating to juggling.
TranslationsEdit
relating to the neck or throat
NounEdit
jugular (plural jugulars)
- (anatomy) A jugular vein.
- (by extension) Any critical vulnerability.
- It was vicious; he went for the jugular.
- 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age : A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 83:
- One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular […] .
Usage notesEdit
The plural form jugulars is almost never used.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
jugular vein — see jugular vein
critical vulnerability
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PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.
AdjectiveEdit
jugular m or f (plural jugulares, comparable)
- jugular (relating to the neck or throat)
NounEdit
jugular f (plural jugulares)
Related termsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French jugulaire, Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
jugular m or n (feminine singular jugulară, masculine plural jugulari, feminine and neuter plural jugulare)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of jugular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | jugular | jugulară | jugulari | jugulare | ||
definite | jugularul | jugulara | jugularii | jugularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | jugular | jugulare | jugulari | jugulare | ||
definite | jugularului | jugularei | jugularilor | jugularelor |