maxilar

maxilar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• maxillar (obsolete)

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/

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French maxillaire.

Noun

maxilar n (plural maxilari)

1. maxilla

Declension

Declension of maxilar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) maxilar	maxilarul	(niște) maxilari	maxilarile
genitive/dative	(unui) maxilar	maxilarului	(unor) maxilari	maxilarilor
vocative	maxilarule		maxilarilor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin maxillāris.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

maxilar (plural maxilares)

1. maxillary

Derived terms

• esfenomaxilar
• seno maxilar

Further reading

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