ventral

ventral

English

Etymology

From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛntɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl

Adjective

ventral (not comparable)

1. Related to the abdomen or stomach.
2. (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
3. (anatomy) On or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand.

Antonyms

• dorsal

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}

Derived terms

• anterioventral
• anteroventral
• apicoventral
• basiventral
• basoventral
• biventral
• caudoventral
• cranioventral
• distoventral
• dorsoventral
• endoventral
• holoventral
• lateroventral
• medioventral
• midventral
• nonventral
• occipitoventral
• paraventral
• posteroventral
• preventral
• proximoventral
• retroventral
• rostrolateroventral
• rostroventral
• sinistroventral
• subventral
• uteroventral
• ventral fin
• ventralize
• ventrally
• ventralmost
• ventral tegmental area
• ventral tegmentum

 

Translations

related to the abdomen or stomach

Bulgarian: коремен (bg) (koremen) Finnish: vatsa- (fi), ventraalinen (fi) French: ventral (fr) Galician: ventral German: Bauch-, ventral (de) Hungarian: hasi (hu) Portuguese: ventral Romanian: ventral (ro) Russian: вентральный (ru) (ventralʹnyj), брюшной (ru) (brjušnoj) Tagalog: katiyanan

(anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal

Catalan: ventral (ca) Finnish: vatsapuolen, ventraalinen (fi) French: ventral (fr) Galician: ventral Portuguese: ventral Romanian: ventral (ro) Russian: вентральный (ru) (ventralʹnyj), брюшной (ru) (brjušnoj) Spanish: ventral (es) Tagalog: katiyanan

(anatomy) on or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand

Finnish: ventraalinen (fi)

Noun

ventral (plural ventrals)

1. Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.

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French

Etymology

From Latin ventrālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.tʁal/
• Homophones: ventrale, ventrales

Adjective

ventral (feminine ventrale, masculine plural ventraux, feminine plural ventrales)

1. ventral

Related terms

• ventre

Further reading

• “ventral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛnˈtʁaːl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

ventral (strong nominative masculine singular ventraler, not comparable)

1. ventral

Declension

Positive forms of ventral (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist ventral	sie ist ventral	es ist ventral	sie sind ventral
strong declension (without article)	nominative	ventraler	ventrale	ventrales	ventrale
	genitive	ventralen	ventraler	ventralen	ventraler
	dative	ventralem	ventraler	ventralem	ventralen
	accusative	ventralen	ventrale	ventrales	ventrale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der ventrale	die ventrale	das ventrale	die ventralen
	genitive	des ventralen	der ventralen	des ventralen	der ventralen
	dative	dem ventralen	der ventralen	dem ventralen	den ventralen
	accusative	den ventralen	die ventrale	das ventrale	die ventralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein ventraler	eine ventrale	ein ventrales	(keine) ventralen
	genitive	eines ventralen	einer ventralen	eines ventralen	(keiner) ventralen
	dative	einem ventralen	einer ventralen	einem ventralen	(keinen) ventralen
	accusative	einen ventralen	eine ventrale	ein ventrales	(keine) ventralen

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrāle.[1][2] By surface analysis, ventre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾaw/ [vẽˈtɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾal/ [vẽˈtɾaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ven‧tral

Adjective

ventral m or f (plural ventrais)

1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

References

1. “ventral” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “ventral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French ventral, from Latin ventralis.

Adjective

ventral m or n (feminine singular ventrală, masculine plural ventrali, feminine and neuter plural ventrale)

1. ventral

Declension

Declension of ventral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	ventral		ventrală	ventrali	ventrale
	definite	ventralul		ventrala	ventralii	ventralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	ventral		ventrale	ventrali	ventrale
	definite	ventralului		ventralei	ventralilor	ventralelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ventrālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtɾal/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ven‧tral

Adjective

ventral (plural ventrales)

1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

Derived terms

• dorsoventral
• ventralmente

Related terms

• vientre

Further reading

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