préputial
See also: preputial and prepuțial
French
Etymology
prépuce + -ial
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.py.sjal/
Adjective
préputial (feminine préputiale, masculine plural préputiaux, feminine plural préputiales)
- preputial
Usage notes
One sometimes encounters the spelling prépucial, which may seem appropriate given the spelling of the root word prépuce. However, that word derives from the Latin praeputium; its spelling with -ce reflects its modern French pronunciation while conceding to the standard orthography of modern French, in which the -uce represents /-ys/ where the spelling -ute — closer to the Latin spelling — would represent /-yt/. As the sequence -tia- is usually read as /-sja-/ in contemporary French, the spelling of préputial is able to follow the form of the Latin etymon while remaining in accord of normative French orthography.
Derived terms
- souspréputial
Further reading
- “préputial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Jacques Quevauvilliers (2007) Dictionnaire médical, 5th edition, Issy-les-Moulineaux: Elsevier Masson, →ISBN