postural

English

Etymology

From posture +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstʃəɹəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑst͡ʃəɹəl/

Adjective

postural (not comparable)

1. Relating to posture.
2. (medicine) Lying down.

   Cindy, he's gone postural.

Derived terms

• nonpostural
• postural asphyxia
• posturally
• suprapostural
• visuopostural

Translations

relating to posture

Dutch: houdings- (nl) French: postural (fr) Italian: posturale Portuguese: postural Spanish: postural

Anagrams

• pulsator, sportula

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Adjective

postural (feminine posturale, masculine plural posturaux, feminine plural posturales)

1. postural

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pos.tuˈɾaw/ [pos.tuˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pos.tuˈɾaw/ [pos.tuˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʃ.tuˈɾaw/ [poʃ.tuˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃ.tuˈɾal/ [puʃ.tuˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃ.tuˈɾal/ [puʃ.tuˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puʃ.tuˈɾa.li/

• Hyphenation: pos‧tu‧ral

Adjective

postural m or f (plural posturais)

1. postural (relating to posture)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French postural.

Adjective

postural m or n (feminine singular posturală, masculine plural posturali, feminine/neuter plural posturale)

1. postural

Declension

Declension of postural

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	postural		posturală		posturali	posturale
	definite	posturalul		posturala		posturalii	posturalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	postural		posturale		posturali	posturale
	definite	posturalului		posturalei		posturalilor	posturalelor

References

• postural in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Adjective

postural m or f (masculine and feminine plural posturales)

1. postural

Further reading

• “postural”, 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