apical

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apical

Wikipedia

Etymology

From apic- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæpɪkəl/, /ˈeɪpɪkəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: a‧pic‧al

Adjective

apical (not comparable)

1. Of or connected with the apex.
2. (botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
3. (phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.

Coordinate terms

dentistry location adjectivesedit

• anterior
• apical
• apicocoronal
• axial
• buccal
• buccoapical
• buccocervical
• buccogingival
• buccolabial
• buccolingual
• bucco-occlusal
• buccopalatal
• cervical
• coronal
• coronoapical
• distal
• distoapical
• distobuccal
• distocclusal
• distocervical
• distoclusal
• distocoronal
• distofacial
• distogingival
• distoincisal
• distolingual
• disto-occlusal
• distopalatal
• facial
• gingival
• incisal
• incisocervical
• inferior
• labial
• lingual
• linguobuccal
• linguo-occlusal
• mandibular
• maxillary
• mesial
• mesioapical
• mesiobuccal
• mesiocclusal
• mesiocervical
• mesioclusal
• mesiocoronal
• mesiodistal
• mesiofacial
• mesiogingival
• mesioincisal
• mesiolingual
• mesio-occlusal
• mesiopalatal
• occlusal
• palatal
• posterior
• proximal
• superior
• vestibular

• (linguistics): laminal, coronal

Derived terms

• abapical
• adapical
• anteroapical
• apical ancestor
• apical annulus
• apical ballooning cardiomyopathy
• apical dendrite
• apical ectodermal ridge
• apical germ pore
• apicalization
• apically
• apicalmost
• apicalwards
• basiapical
• basoapical
• biapical
• cervicoapical
• circumapical
• dorsoapical
• endoapical
• juxtaapical
• medioapical
• nonapical
• periapical
• posteroapical
• preapical
• proapical
• subapical
• transapical
• transient apical ballooning syndrome
• uniapical
• ventroapical

Translations

phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue

Catalan: apical Chinese: Mandarin: 顶端的 (zh) (dǐngduān de) Finnish: kielenkärki-, apikaalinen (fi) Galician: apical (gl) Georgian: აპიკალური (aṗiḳaluri) Portuguese: apical (pt) Russian: переднеязы́чный (ru) (perednejazýčnyj), апика́льный (ru) (apikálʹnyj) Spanish: apical (es)

Noun

apical (plural apicals)

1. (phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.

Translations

sound

Chinese: Mandarin: 舌尖音 (zh) (shéjiānyīn) Galician: apical (gl) Georgian: აპიკალური ბგერა (aṗiḳaluri bgera) Italian: apicale (it) Portuguese: apical (pt) f Russian: переднеязы́чный звук m (perednejazýčnyj zvuk), апика́льный звук m (apikálʹnyj zvuk) Spanish: apical (es)

Anagrams

• Palaic

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin apicālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.piˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.piˈkal]

Adjective

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicals)

1. apical
2. (botany) apical
3. (linguistics) apical

Related terms

• àpex
• apicopalatal

Further reading

• “apical”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pi.kal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cal

Adjective

apical (feminine apicale, masculine plural apicaux, feminine plural apicales)

1. apical (all senses)

Further reading

• “apical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Adjective

apical (not comparable)

1. apical

Related terms

• apice

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.piˈkaw/ [a.piˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.piˈkal/ [ɐ.piˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.piˈkal/ [ɐ.piˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.piˈka.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cal

Adjective

apical m or f (plural apicais)

1. apical (relating to an apex)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) apical (produced with the tip of the tongue)

Noun

apical f (plural apicais)

1. (phonetics) apical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)

Further reading

• “apical”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “apical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French apical.

Adjective

apical m or n (feminine singular apicală, masculine plural apicali, feminine/neuter plural apicale)

1. apical

Declension

Declension of apical

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	apical		apicală		apicali	apicale
	definite	apicalul		apicala		apicalii	apicalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	apical		apicale		apicali	apicale
	definite	apicalului		apicalei		apicalilor	apicalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apiˈkal/ [a.piˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧pi‧cal

Adjective

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicales)

1. apical
2. (botany) apical
3. (linguistics) apical

Derived terms

• apicalmente

Related terms

• ápice

Further reading

• “apical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025