vestibular
See also: vestibulär
English
Etymology
From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective
vestibular (not comparable) (relational)
- Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building.
- 1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century, page 158:
- […] while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister, […] .
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- (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.
- vestibular impulse
- 1859, William James Erasmus Wilson; William H. Gobrecht, A System of Human Anatomy, General and Special:
- Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve […] .
- (dentistry) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.
Antonyms
- nonvestibular
Coordinate terms
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, incisocervical, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
- audiovestibular
- cerebellovestibular
- cochleovestibular
- distovestibular
- extravestibular
- intervestibular
- lesser vestibular glands
- mediovestibular
- neurovestibular
- nonvestibular
- oculovestibular
- otovestibular
- paravestibular
- rectovestibular
- vestibular aqueduct
- vestibular fold
- vestibular ganglion
- vestibular ligament
- vestibular membrane
- vestibular nerve
- vestibular nucleus
- vestibular schwannoma
- vestibular sense
- vestibular system
- vestibular wall
- vestibular window
- visuovestibular
Related terms
- vestibule
- vestibulum
Translations
building
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anatomy
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Noun
vestibular (plural vestibulars)
- (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
- 2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People, page 23:
- Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.
- Synonyms: vestibular exam, vestibular examination
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References
- “vestibular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “vestibular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlaʁ/ [ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʃ.t͡ʃi.buˈlaʁ/ [veʃ.t͡ʃi.buˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨʃ.ti.buˈlaɾ/ [vɨʃ.ti.βuˈlaɾ]
Noun
vestibular m (plural vestibulares)
- (Brazil) an admittance test for Brazilian universities
Adjective
vestibular m or f (plural vestibulares)
- (anatomy) vestibular (relating to the vestibule)
Romanian
Etymology
From French vestibulaire.
Adjective
vestibular m or n (feminine singular vestibulară, masculine plural vestibulari, feminine and neuter plural vestibulare)
- vestibular
Declension
Declension of vestibular
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | vestibular | vestibulară | vestibulari | vestibulare | ||
| definite | vestibularul | vestibulara | vestibularii | vestibularele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | vestibular | vestibulare | vestibulari | vestibulare | ||
| definite | vestibularului | vestibularei | vestibularilor | vestibularelor | |||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bestibuˈlaɾ/ [bes.t̪i.β̞uˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ves‧ti‧bu‧lar
Adjective
vestibular (plural vestibulares)
- (anatomy) vestibular
Related terms
- vestíbulo