parietal

From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

parietal (comparative more parietal, superlative most parietal)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

   Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the parietal bones
3. Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
   • 1856, B. H. Hall, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.

4. (botany) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

parietal (plural parietals)

1. (anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
2. Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
3. (archaeology) A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
4. (informal) Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

• Petralia

Borrowed from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾi.əˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pa.ɾi.eˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al

parietal m or f (masculine and feminine plural parietals)

1. parietal

• lòbul parietal

parietal m (plural parietals)

1. parietal bone

• os parietal

• “parietal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “parietal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “parietal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “parietal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

parietal m or f (plural parietais)

1. parietal, pertaining to the parietal region of the head

parietal m (plural parietais)

1. (anatomy) the parietal bone

Learned borrowing from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

parietal m or f (plural parietais, not comparable)

1. (relational) wall (of a room)
2. that which is normally hung on walls (such as tapestries or paintings)

• parietário

parietal m (plural parietais)

1. (anatomy) parietal bone

• osso

• crânio

• occipital, frontal, temporal, esfenoide, etmoide

Borrowed from French pariétal.

parietal m or n (feminine singular parietală, masculine plural parietali, feminine and neuter plural parietale)

1. parietal

From Latin parietālis.

• IPA^(key): /paɾjeˈtal/ [pa.ɾjeˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧rie‧tal

parietal m or f (masculine and feminine plural parietales)

1. (anatomy) parietal

parietal m (plural parietales)

1. parietal bone

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