lacrimal

lacrimal

English

Alternative forms

• lachrymal, lacrymal

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lacrimālis, from lacrima (“a tear”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of lachrymal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.ɹɪm.əl/, /ˈlak.ɹɪm.l̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.ɹəm.əl/
• Rhymes: -ækɹɪməl

Adjective

lacrimal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs.
2. Alternative spelling of lachrymal.

Derived terms

• frontolacrimal
• lacrimal apparatus
• lacrimal artery
• lacrimal bone
• lacrimal canal
• lacrimal canaliculus
• lacrimal caruncle
• lacrimal duct
• lacrimal fluid
• lacrimal gland
• lacrimal lake
• lacrimal point
• lacrimal punctum
• lacrimal sac
• lacrimo-
• maxillolacrimal
• nasolacrimal
• sublacrimal

 

Translations

of or relating to tears

Asturian: llarimal (ast), llagrimal (ast) Catalan: lacrimal Chinese: Mandarin: 淚的／泪的 (zh) (lèi de) Finnish: kyynel- (fi) French: lacrymal (fr) Galician: lacrimal (gl) German: Tränen- (de) Ido: lakrimala (io) Irish: deorach Italian: lacrimale Occitan: lacrimal Portuguese: lacrimal Russian: слёзный (ru) (sljóznyj) Spanish: lacrimal Swedish: tår-

Noun

lacrimal (plural lacrimals)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of lacrimal bone..
2. Ellipsis of lacrimal vase..

References

• “lachrymal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lachrymal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lacrima (“tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.kɾiˈmaw/ [la.kɾiˈmaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.kɾiˈmal/ [lɐ.kɾiˈmaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: la‧cri‧mal

Adjective

lacrimal m or f (plural lacrimais, not comparable)

1. lachrymal (relating to tears)

   Synonym: lagrimal

2. which produces tears

   Synonyms: lacrimante, lagrimante, lacrimogéneo

Related terms

• chorar
• choro
• lacrimação
• lacrimável
• lacrimenjante
• lacrimejar
• lacrimogéneo
• lacrimoso
• lágrima
• lagrimação
• lagrimal
• lagrimante
• lagrimar
• lagrimejar
• lagrimoso

Noun

lacrimal m (plural lacrimais)

1. (anatomy) lacrimal bone

Hypernyms

• osso

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Romanian

Etymology

From French lacrymal.

Adjective

lacrimal m or n (feminine singular lacrimală, masculine plural lacrimali, feminine and neuter plural lacrimale)

1. lacrimal

Declension

Declension of lacrimal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lacrimal		lacrimală	lacrimali	lacrimale
	definite	lacrimalul		lacrimala	lacrimalii	lacrimalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lacrimal		lacrimale	lacrimali	lacrimale
	definite	lacrimalului		lacrimalei	lacrimalilor	lacrimalelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lacrimalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lakɾiˈmal/ [la.kɾiˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: la‧cri‧mal

Adjective

lacrimal (plural lacrimales)

1. lachrymal (relating to tears)

   Synonym: lagrimal

Related terms

• lágrima

Noun

lacrimal m (plural lacrimales)

1. lachrymal

Further reading

• “lacrimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014