umbilical

English

Etymology

Formed from Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + the suffix -al. By surface analysis, umbilic- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌmˈbɪl.ɪkəl/, /ʌmbɪlˈaɪ.kəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌmˈbɪl.ɪkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪkəl or Rhymes: -aɪkəl

Adjective

umbilical (comparative more umbilical, superlative most umbilical)

1. Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.
   • 2000, “Orestes”, performed by A Perfect Circle:

     One womb, one shame, one resolve
     Liberate this will to release us all
     Gotta cut away, clear away
     Snip away and sever this umbilical residue
     Keeping me from killing you

2. (mathematics) Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other.

Related terms

• paraumbilical
• postumbilical
• pseudoumbilical
• subumbilical
• umbilical artery
• umbilical cord
• umbilical hernia
• umbilical vein

Translations

of or relating to the navel or the umbilical cord

• Arabic: سُرِّيّ (surriyy)
• Armenian: պորտային (hy) (portayin)
• Catalan: umbilical (ca)
• Czech: pupeční (cs)
• Esperanto: umbilika
• Finnish: napanuora-
• French: ombilical (fr)
• Galician: umbilical
• Greek: ομφαλικός (el) m (omfalikós), ομφάλιος (el) m (omfálios)
• Ido: umbilikala (io)
• Italian: ombelicale (it)
• Latin: umbilīcāris
• Macedonian: папочен (papočen)
• Polish: pępkowy (pl)
• Russian: пупови́нный (ru) (pupovínnyj)
• Tagalog: pampusod, pusurin
• Ukrainian: пупко́вий (pupkóvyj)

Noun

umbilical (plural umbilicals)

1. (astronautics) A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc.

Translations

aerospace: cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, etc

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} umbilicus m
• Russian: страховочный (ru) (straxovočnyj) трос (ru) (tros), фал (ru) (fal)

Catalan

Adjective

umbilical m or f (masculine and feminine plural umbilicals)

1. umbilical

Derived terms

• cordó umbilical

Galician

Etymology

Formed from Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + the suffix -al; cf. also Latin umbilicaris.

Adjective

umbilical m or f (plural umbilicais)

1. umbilical

Related terms

• embigo

Spanish

Etymology

Formed from Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + the suffix -al; cf. also Latin umbilicaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umbiliˈkal/ [ũm.bi.liˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: um‧bi‧li‧cal

Adjective

umbilical m or f (masculine and feminine plural umbilicales)

1. umbilical

Derived terms

• cordón umbilical
• cuerda umbilical
• paraumbilical

 

Related terms

• ombligo

 

Further reading

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