glial

English

Etymology

From glia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡliː.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

glial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to glia.

Derived terms

• antiglial
• axoglial
• enteroglial
• glial cell
• glial fibrillary acidic protein
• glially
• glymphatic
• interglial
• intraglial
• macroglial
• microglial
• nonglial
• panglial
• transglial

Translations

of or pertaining to glia

Finnish: glia- French: glial (fr) Italian: gliale (it) Spanish: glial

Anagrams

• Galli

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Adjective

glial (feminine gliale, masculine plural gliaux, feminine plural gliales)

1. glial

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French glial.

Adjective

glial m or n (feminine singular glială, masculine plural gliali, feminine/neuter plural gliale)

1. glial

Declension

Declension of glial

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	glial		glială		gliali	gliale
	definite	glialul		gliala		glialii	glialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	glial		gliale		gliali	gliale
	definite	glialului		glialei		glialilor	glialelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡljal/ [ˈɡljal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: glial

Adjective

glial m or f (masculine and feminine plural gliales)

1. glial

Derived terms

• célula glial

Related terms

• glía
• neuroglia

Further reading

• “glial”, 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