frontal

English

Etymology

From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Medieval Latin frontalis; equivalent to front + -al. Cf. French frontal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌntəl/

Adjective

frontal (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
    a frontal attack
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  3. (anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal plane.
  4. Of or relating to a weather front.

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Translations

Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

  1. (anatomy) The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
  2. (architecture) The façade of a building.
  3. (Christianity) A drapery covering the front of an altar.
    • 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)
      Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.
  4. (zootomy) Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.

Translations


Catalan

Etymology

From front + -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (frontal), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

Adjective

frontal (masculine and feminine plural frontals)

  1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontals)

  1. frontal bone

Synonyms


Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from French frontal.

Adjective

frontal

  1. frontal

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

French

Etymology

front + -al; cf. also Medieval Latin frontalis, from Latin frons. See also fronteau and frontail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔ̃.tal/
  • (file)

Adjective

frontal (feminine singular frontale, masculine plural frontaux, feminine plural frontales)

  1. frontal (relating to the forehead)

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Galician

Etymology

From fronte + -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (frontal), from Latin frons.

Adjective

frontal m or f (plural frontais)

  1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

  1. (anatomy) the frontal bone

German

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

frontal (not comparable)

  1. frontal

Declension


Portuguese

Etymology

From fronte + -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (frontal), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾõ.ˈtaw/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɾõ.ˈtaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: fron‧tal

Adjective

frontal m or f (plural frontais, comparable)

  1. frontal

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

  1. frontal bone

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (frontal), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɾonˈtal/, [fɾõn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Hyphenation: fron‧tal

Adjective

frontal (plural frontales)

  1. frontal

Derived terms

Noun

frontal m (plural frontales)

  1. frontal bone
  2. frontalis, frontalis muscle

Synonyms

Further reading

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