dorsal
Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Adjective
1.3.1 Antonyms
1.3.2 Coordinate terms
1.3.3 Derived terms
1.3.4 Related terms
1.3.5 Translations
1.4 Noun
1.5 Anagrams
2 Catalan
2.1 Adjective
3 French
3.1 Adjective
3.2 Further reading
4 German
4.1 Pronunciation
4.2 Adjective
4.2.1 Declension
5 Interlingua
5.1 Adjective
6 Portuguese
6.1 Adjective
7 Spanish
7.1 Etymology
7.2 Pronunciation
7.3 Adjective
7.3.1 Derived terms
7.4 Noun
7.5 Related terms
7.6 Further reading
English
Etymology
From Middle English dorsal, dorsale, from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”).
Pronunciation
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɹsəl/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
Adjective
dorsal (comparative more dorsal, superlative most dorsal)
(anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
(of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
(anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
(linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
(botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
(botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
Antonyms
- ventral
Coordinate terms
- (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior, distal, dorsal, lateral, medial, posterior, proximal, ventral (Category: en:Medicine)[edit]
(linguistics): labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal
Derived terms
- dorsal fin
- dorsally
- lumbodorsal
Related terms
endorse, indorse
Translations
relating to the side in which the backbone is located
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of a knife: having only one sharp side
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relating to the top surface of foot or hand
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linguistics: produced using the dorsum of the tongue
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Noun
dorsal (plural dorsals)
(art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.- In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
(linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
Anagrams
- lardos
Catalan
Adjective
dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)
- dorsal
French
Adjective
dorsal (feminine singular dorsale, masculine plural dorsaux, feminine plural dorsales)
- dorsal
Further reading
- “dorsal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɔʁˈzaːl/
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- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
dorsal (not comparable)
- dorsal
Declension
Declension of dorsal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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)
- dorsal
Portuguese
Adjective
dorsal m, f (plural dorsais, comparable)
(anatomy) dorsal (of the back)
(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)
(anatomy) dorsal
Derived terms
- toracodorsal
Noun
dorsal m (plural dorsales)
- ridge
Related terms
- dorso
Further reading
- “dorsal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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