rectal

English

Adjective

rectal (not comparable)

1. Of, via or related to the rectum.
   • 2009, “THAT'S THAT”, in BORN LIKE THIS, performed by DOOM:

     Give a MC a rectal hysterectomy / Lecture on removal of the bowels, foul technically

   The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam.

Synonyms

• anal

Translations

Of, via or related to the rectum

• Bulgarian: на правото черво (na pravoto červo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直腸 (zh), 直肠 (zh) (zhícháng)

• Dutch: rectaal (nl), rectum-
• Finnish: peräsuoli-
• French: rectal (fr)
• German: rektal (de)
• Hebrew: רקטלי‎
• Irish: reicteach
• Italian: rettale (it)
• Polish: doodbytniczy (pl), rektalny
• Portuguese: retal
• Russian: прямокише́чный (ru) (prjamokišéčnyj), ректа́льный (ru) (rektálʹnyj)
• Slovene: rektálen
• Spanish: rectal (es)
• Swedish: ändtarms-, rektal (sv)
• Ukrainian: прямокишкови́й m (prjamokyškovýj)

Noun

rectal (plural rectals)

1. (informal) Ellipsis of rectal examination..
   • 1988, Judith Campbell, J. Golick, Sexuality: An Education Resource Book (page 53)

     Most doctors feel a rectal examination is unnecessary following a full pelvic examination, so that rectals are not routinely performed on women.

Derived terms

• digital rectal examination (DRE)

 

Anagrams

• Claret, arclet, cartel, claret, lacert

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Catalan

Etymology

recte +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rəkˈtal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /rekˈtal/

Adjective

rectal (masculine and feminine plural rectals)

1. rectal

Further reading

• “rectal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛk.tal/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: rectale, rectales

Adjective

rectal (feminine rectale, masculine plural rectaux, feminine plural rectales)

1. rectal

   Les douaniers lui ont infligé une fouille rectale

   The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam

Further reading

• “rectal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cartel, clarté, tacler

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Interlingua

Adjective

rectal (not comparable)

1. rectal

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Portuguese

Adjective

rectal m or f (plural rectais, not comparable)

1. Superseded spelling of retal. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French rectal.

Adjective

rectal m or n (feminine singular rectală, masculine plural rectali, feminine and neuter plural rectale)

1. rectal

Declension

Declension of rectal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	rectal		rectală	rectali	rectale
	definite	rectalul		rectala	rectalii	rectalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	rectal		rectale	rectali	rectale
	definite	rectalului		rectalei	rectalilor	rectalelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡˈtal/ [reɣ̞ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: rec‧tal

Adjective

rectal (plural rectales)

1. rectal

Further reading

• “rectal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014