vestigial

English

Etymology

From vestige +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• enPR: vĕ-stĭjʹĭ-əl, vĕ-stĭjʹəl, IPA^(key): /vɛˈstɪd͡ʒɪəl/, /vɛˈstɪd͡ʒəl/

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Adjective

vestigial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
2. Not fully developed in mature animals.

Derived terms

• vestigial structure

Related terms

• vestige

Translations

pertaining to a vestige

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 退化殘餘／退化残余 (tuìhuà cányú)

• Dutch: overblijvend (nl)
• French: vestigial (fr)
• German: rudimentär (de), spurenhaft
• Hindi: अवशेषी (avśeṣī)
• Hungarian: maradvány- (hu) or -maradvány (hu) (in compounds), maradványszerű
• Polish: śladowy, szczątkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: vestigial (pt)
• Romanian: vestigial m

not fully developed

• Catalan: vestigial
• Danish: rudimentær (da)
• Dutch: onderontwikkeld (nl)
• Hungarian: csökevényes (hu)
• Italian: vestigiale
• Portuguese: vestigial (pt)

Noun

vestigial (plural vestigials)

1. (biology) A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.

Anagrams

• vigilates

French

Adjective

vestigial (feminine vestigiale, masculine plural vestigiaux, feminine plural vestigiales)

1. vestigial

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈaw/ [ves.t͡ʃi.ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ves.t͡ʃiˈʒjaw/ [ves.t͡ʃiˈʒjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈaw/ [ves.t͡ʃi.ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ves.t͡ʃiˈʒjaw/ [ves.t͡ʃiˈʒjaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈaw/ [veʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /veʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒjaw/ [veʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨʃ.tiˈʒjal/ [vɨʃ.tiˈʒjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨʃ.tiˈʒjal/ [vɨʃ.tiˈʒjaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨʃ.tiˈʒjal/ [bɨʃ.tiˈʒjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨʃ.tiˈʒja.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ves‧ti‧gi‧al

Adjective

vestigial m or f (plural vestigiais)

1. vestigial

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bestiˈxjal/ [bes.t̪iˈxjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ves‧ti‧gial

Adjective

vestigial m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestigiales)

1. vestigial

Further reading

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