jugular

English

WOTD – 26 July 2008

Etymology

From Late Latin jugulāris, from iugulum (“neck, throat”), from iugum (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌɡ.jʊ.lə/, /ˈdʒʌɡ.jə.lə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌɡ.jʊ.lɚ/, /ˈdʒʌɡ.jə.lɚ/

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Adjective

jugular (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
2. (zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
3. (humorous) Relating to juggling.

Translations

relating to the neck or throat

• Bulgarian: отнасящ се до шията (otnasjašt se do šijata)
• Catalan: jugular
• Czech: jugulární (cs)
• Dutch: jugulair
• Finnish: kaula- (fi)
• French: jugulaire (fr)
• Galician: xugular (gl)

• Greek: τραχηλικός (el) (trachilikós)
• Ido: faucala (io)
• Polish: szyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: jugular (pt) f
• Russian: ше́йный (ru) (šéjnyj)
• Spanish: yugular (es)

Noun

jugular (plural jugulars)

1. (anatomy) A jugular vein.
2. (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 notes

The plural form jugulars is almost never used.

Synonyms

• jugular vein

Derived terms

• go for the jugular

Translations

jugular vein — see jugular vein

critical vulnerability

• Finnish: akilleenkantapää (fi)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

Adjective

jugular m or f (plural jugulares, comparable)

1. jugular (relating to the neck or throat)

Noun

jugular f (plural jugulares)

1. jugular vein

Related terms

• jugo

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jugulaire, Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlar/

Adjective

jugular m or n (feminine singular jugulară, masculine plural jugulari, feminine and neuter plural jugulare)

1. jugular; pertaining to the neck or throat

Declension

Declension of jugular

		singular			plural
		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

Related terms

• venă jugulară
• junghia