ventral

English

Etymology

From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (belly, abdomen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛntɹəl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl

Adjective

ventral (not comparable)

  1. Related to the abdomen or stomach.
  2. (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
  3. (anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
  4. (neuroanatomy) On the lower side of the brain.

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Noun

ventral (plural ventrals)

  1. Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis. By surface analysis, ventre + -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ventral (feminine ventrale, masculine plural ventraux, feminine plural ventrales)

  1. ventral

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛnˈtʁaːl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

ventral (strong nominative masculine singular ventraler, not comparable)

  1. ventral

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis.[1][2] By surface analysis, ventre + -al.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾaw/ [vẽˈtɾaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾal/ [vẽˈtɾaɫ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽˈtɾal/ [bẽˈtɾaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾa.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ven‧tral

Adjective

ventral m or f (plural ventrais)

  1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
  2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ventral, from Latin ventralis.

Adjective

ventral m or n (feminine singular ventrală, masculine plural ventrali, feminine and neuter plural ventrale)

  1. ventral

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ventrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /benˈtɾal/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ven‧tral

Adjective

ventral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ventrales)

  1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
  2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

Derived terms

Further reading

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