frontal

Etymology

front +‎ -al

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.

Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

1. 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.

2. The façade of a building.
3. (anatomy) The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
4. 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.

Etymology

From Latin frontalis (“frontal”).

Adjective

frontal (masculine and feminine plural frontals)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontals)

1. frontal bone

Etymology

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

Etymology

front +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ̃.tal/

Adjective

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

1. frontal (relating to the forehead)

Further reading

• “frontal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• frôlant, ronflât

Adjective

frontal m, f (plural frontais)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

1. (anatomy) the frontal bone

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

frontal (not comparable)

1. frontal

Etymology

From Latin frontalis (“frontal”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

frontal m, f (plural frontais, comparable)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

1. frontal bone

Adjective

frontal (plural frontales)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontales)

1. frontal bone
2. frontalis, frontalis muscle

See also

• frontal on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es