sacral
English
Etymology
From Modern Latin sacralis, from Latin sacrum (“sacred, holy”) + -alis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɪkɹəl/, /ˈsækɹəl/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ækɹəl
Adjective
sacral (comparative more sacral, superlative most sacral)
- (anatomy) Of the sacrum.
- Sacred.
- 2001, David L. Lieber; Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 877:
- An old site with sacral connotations.
- 2005, Richard Oliver Collin, Revolutionary scripts: the politics of writing systems:
- Compromise is awkward when religion is involved, and the several South Asian writing systems are considered sacral.
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Derived terms
- bulbosacral
- caudosacral
- craniosacral
- dorsosacral
- extrasacral
- iliosacral
- ischiosacral
- lumbosacral
- postsacral
- presacral
- sacral dimple
- sacralgia
- sacrality
- sacralize
- sacral nerve
- sacral vertebra
- subsacral
- supersacral
- suprasacral
- transsacral
- urosacral
- uterosacral
- vertebrosacral
Translations
(anatomy) of the sacrum
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sacred
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Noun
sacral (plural sacrals)
- Any of the sacral bones that make up the sacrum.
Further reading
- sacral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sacral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- Claars, Rascal, craals, lascar, rascal, sarlac, scalar
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.kʁal/
Audio (file) - Homophones: sacrale, sacrales
Adjective
sacral (feminine sacrale, masculine plural sacraux, feminine plural sacrales)
- sacral (clarification of this definition is needed)
Further reading
- “sacral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- raclas
Romanian
Etymology
From French sacral.
Adjective
sacral m or n (feminine singular sacrală, masculine plural sacrali, feminine and neuter plural sacrale)
- sacral
Declension
Declension of sacral
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | sacral | sacrală | sacrali | sacrale | ||
definite | sacralul | sacrala | sacralii | sacralele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | sacral | sacrale | sacrali | sacrale | ||
definite | sacralului | sacralei | sacralilor | sacralelor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈkɾal/ [saˈkɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: sa‧cral
Adjective
sacral (plural sacrales)
- sacral (sacred)
- Synonyms: sagrado, sacro
Further reading
- “sacral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014