rectal

English

Etymology

From rectum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk.təl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: rec‧tal

Adjective

rectal (not comparable)

1. Of, via or related to the rectum.

   The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam.

   • 2009, “THAT'S THAT”, in BORN LIKE THIS, performed by DOOM:

     Give a MC a rectal hysterectomy / Lecture on removal of the bowels, foul technically

   • 2025 March 21, Katia Hetter, “Reduce your risk of colon and rectal cancer with these basic steps”, in CNN‎:

     Colorectal cancer refers to colon cancer, which starts in the colon, and rectal cancer, which starts in the rectum.

Synonyms

• anal

Derived terms

• adrectal
• anorectal
• colorectal
• dorsorectal
• endorectal
• gastrorectal
• genitorectal
• ileorectal
• intrarectal
• ischiorectal
• mesorectal
• neorectal
• pararectal
• penorectal
• perirectal
• per-rectal
• postrectal
• prerectal
• puborectal
• rectally
• rectal sex
• rectal varicosity
• rectorectal
• retrorectal
• sacrorectal
• transrectal
• urethrorectal
• urorectal
• vaginorectal

Translations

Of, via or related to the rectum

Bulgarian: на правото черво (na pravoto červo) Chinese: Mandarin: 直腸 / 直肠 (zh) (zhícháng) Dutch: rectaal (nl), rectum- Finnish: peräsuoli- French: rectal (fr) German: rektal (de) Hebrew: רקטלי Hindi: मलाशयी (malāśyī) Irish: reicteach Italian: rettale (it) Polish: doodbytniczy (pl), rektalny Portuguese: retal Russian: прямокише́чный (ru) (prjamokišéčnyj), ректа́льный (ru) (rektálʹnyj) Slovene: rektálen Spanish: rectal (es) Swedish: ändtarms-, rektal (sv) Ukrainian: прямокишкови́й m (prjamokyškovýj)

Noun

rectal (plural rectals)

1. (informal) Ellipsis of rectal examination.
   • 1988, Judith Campbell, J. Golick, Sexuality: An Education Resource Book, page 53:

     Most doctors feel a rectal examination is unnecessary following a full pelvic examination, so that rectals are not routinely performed on women.

Derived terms

• digital rectal examination (DRE)

Anagrams

• Claret, arclet, cartel, claret, lacert

Catalan

Etymology

From recte +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəkˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [rekˈtal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

rectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectals)

1. rectal

Further reading

• “rectal”, 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): /ʁɛk.tal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: rectale, rectales

Adjective

rectal (feminine rectale, masculine plural rectaux, feminine plural rectales)

1. rectal

   Les douaniers lui ont infligé une fouille rectale

   The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cartel, clarté, tacler

Interlingua

Adjective

rectal (not comparable)

1. rectal

Portuguese

Adjective

rectal m or f (plural rectais, not comparable)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of retal; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rectal.

Adjective

rectal m or n (feminine singular rectală, masculine plural rectali, feminine/neuter plural rectale)

1. rectal

Declension

Declension of rectal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	rectal		rectală		rectali	rectale
	definite	rectalul		rectala		rectalii	rectalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	rectal		rectale		rectali	rectale
	definite	rectalului		rectalei		rectalilor	rectalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡˈtal/ [reɣ̞ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: rec‧tal

Adjective

rectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectales)

1. rectal

Further reading

• “rectal”, 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