frontalis
See also: frontális
English
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)
- (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
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References
- “frontalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- flat irons, flatirons, frost nail, frost-nail, inflators
Latin
Etymology
From frons (“forehead, brow, front”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fronˈtaː.lis/, [frɔn̪ˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fronˈta.lis/, [fron̪ˈt̪äːlis]
Adjective
frontālis (neuter frontāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)
- (anatomy) relating to the forehead; frontal
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | frontālis | frontāle | frontālēs | frontālia | |
| Genitive | frontālis | frontālium | |||
| Dative | frontālī | frontālibus | |||
| Accusative | frontālem | frontāle | frontālēs frontālīs | frontālia | |
| Ablative | frontālī | frontālibus | |||
| Vocative | frontālis | frontāle | frontālēs | frontālia | |
Related terms
- frontālia
Descendants
Descendants of frontalis in other languages
- → Catalan: frontal
- → English: frontal, frontalis
- → French: frontal
- → Italian: frontale
- → Portuguese: frontal
- Sicilian: fruntali
- → Spanish: frontal