frontalis

See also: frontális

English

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frontalis muscle

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, clipping of mūsculus frontālis (“frontal muscle”). Doublet of frontal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪs

Noun

frontalis (plural frontales)

1. (anatomy) A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

   Coordinate term: occipitalis

Related terms

• alopecia liminaris frontalis
• frontal

Translations

muscle

Chinese: Mandarin: 額肌 / 额肌 (zh) (éjī) Italian: frontale (it) m, muscolo frontale m Spanish: frontal (es) m, músculo frontal m

References

• “frontalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• flat irons, flatirons, frost nail, frost-nail, inflators

Latin

Etymology

From frons (“forehead, brow, front”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [frɔnˈtaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fronˈtaː.lis]

Adjective

frontālis (neuter frontāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. (anatomy) relating to the forehead; frontal

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	frontālis	frontāle		frontālēs	frontālia
genitive	frontālis			frontālium
dative	frontālī			frontālibus
accusative	frontālem	frontāle		frontālīs frontālēs	frontālia
ablative	frontālī			frontālibus
vocative	frontālis	frontāle		frontālēs	frontālia

Related terms

• frontālia

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: frontal
• → English: frontal, frontalis
• → French: frontal
• → Italian: frontale
• → Portuguese: frontal
• Sicilian: fruntali
• → Spanish: frontal