dorsal

English

Etymology

From Middle English dorsal, dorsale, from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dorsal (comparative more dorsal, superlative most dorsal)

  1. (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
  2. (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
  3. (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
  4. (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
  5. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
  6. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

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Noun

dorsal (plural dorsals)

  1. (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
  2. In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
  3. (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)

  1. dorsal

French

Adjective

dorsal (feminine singular dorsale, masculine plural dorsaux, feminine plural dorsales)

  1. dorsal

Further reading

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔʁˈzaːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

  1. dorsal

Declension
Declension of dorsal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist dorsal sie ist dorsal es ist dorsal sie sind dorsal
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative dorsaler dorsale dorsales dorsale
genitive dorsalen dorsaler dorsalen dorsaler
dative dorsalem dorsaler dorsalem dorsalen
accusative dorsalen dorsale dorsales dorsale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der dorsale die dorsale das dorsale die dorsalen
genitive des dorsalen der dorsalen des dorsalen der dorsalen
dative dem dorsalen der dorsalen dem dorsalen den dorsalen
accusative den dorsalen die dorsale das dorsale die dorsalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein dorsaler eine dorsale ein dorsales (keine) dorsalen
genitive eines dorsalen einer dorsalen eines dorsalen (keiner) dorsalen
dative einem dorsalen einer dorsalen einem dorsalen (keinen) dorsalen
accusative einen dorsalen eine dorsale ein dorsales (keine) dorsalen

Interlingua

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

  1. dorsal

Portuguese

Adjective

dorsal m or f (plural dorsais, comparable)

  1. (anatomy) dorsal (of the back)
  2. (anatomy) dorsal (of the top surface of a hand or foot)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dorsālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dorˈsal/, [d̪orˈsal]

Adjective

dorsal (plural dorsales)

  1. (anatomy) dorsal

Derived terms

Noun

dorsal m (plural dorsales)

  1. ridge

Further reading
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