maxilar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• maxillar (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

From maxila (“maxilla”) or borrowed from Latin maxillāris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ki.ziˈlaʁ/ [ma.ki.ziˈlah], /mak.siˈlaʁ/ [mak.siˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ki.ziˈlaʁ/ [ma.ki.ziˈlah], /mak.siˈlaʁ/ [mak.siˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.ki.ziˈlaɾ/, /mak.siˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.ki.ziˈlaʁ/ [ma.ki.ziˈlaχ], /mak.siˈlaʁ/ [mak.siˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mak.siˈlaɻ/, /ma.ki.ziˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mak.siˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mak.siˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mak.siˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

maxilar m or f (plural maxilares, not comparable)

1. maxillary (relating to a jawbone)

Related terms

• maxila
• maxilite

Noun

maxilar m (plural maxilares)

1. (anatomy) jawbone

Hyponyms

• (upper jawbone): maxila, maxilar superior
• (lower jawbone): queixada, mandíbula, maxilar inferior

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French maxillaire.

Noun

maxilar n (plural maxilari)

1. maxilla

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	maxilar	maxilarul		maxilari	maxilarile
genitive-dative	maxilar	maxilarului		maxilari	maxilarilor
vocative	maxilarule			maxilarilor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin maxillāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡsiˈlaɾ/ [maɣ̞.siˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧xi‧lar

Adjective

maxilar m or f (masculine and feminine plural maxilares)

1. maxillary

Derived terms

• esfenomaxilar
• seno maxilar

Further reading

• “maxilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024