occipital

Etymology

From Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitalis, from Latin occiput (“the back of the head”), from ob (“over against”) + caput (“head”).

Adjective

occipital (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.

Noun

occipital (plural occipitals)

1. (anatomy) The occipital bone.
2. An occipital scale in reptiles.

Further reading

• occipital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• occipital in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• occipital at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology

occípit +‎ -al

Adjective

occipital (masculine and feminine plural occipitals)

1. occipital

Noun

occipital m (plural occipitals)

1. occipital bone

Adjective

occipital m, f (plural occipitais)

1. (anatomy) occipital, pertaining to the back of the head

Noun

occipital m (plural occipitais)

1. (anatomy) the occipital bone

Etymology

From New Latin occipitalis, from Latin occiput (“the back of the head”), from ob (“over against”) + caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.si.pi.ˈtaw/

Adjective

occipital m, f (plural occipitais, not comparable)

1. (anatomy) occipital, pertaining to the back of the head

Noun

occipital m (plural occipitais)

1. (anatomy) the occipital bone

Adjective

occipital (plural occipitales)

1. (anatomy) occipital

Noun

occipital m (plural occipitales)

1. occipital bone
2. (muscle) occipitalis
3. occipital lobe

Further reading

• “occipital” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• occipital on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es