apical

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From apic- +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæpɪkəl/, /ˈeɪpɪkəl/
• Hyphenation: a‧pic‧al

apical (not comparable)

1. Of or connected with the apex.
2. (botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
3. (phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.

• (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)}
• (linguistics): laminal, coronal

apical (plural apicals)

1. (phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.

• Palaic

Learned borrowing from Latin apicālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicals)

1. apical
2. (botany) apical
3. (linguistics) apical

• àpex
• apicopalatal

• “apical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /a.pi.kal/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cal

apical (feminine apicale, masculine plural apicaux, feminine plural apicales)

1. apical (all senses)

• “apical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

apical (not comparable)

1. apical

• apice

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cal

apical m or f (plural apicais)

1. apical (relating to an apex)
2. (phonetics, of a phoneme) apical (produced with the tip of the tongue)

apical f (plural apicais)

1. (phonetics) apical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)

Borrowed from French apical.

apical m or n (feminine singular apicală, masculine plural apicali, feminine and neuter plural apicale)

1. apical

• IPA^(key): /apiˈkal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧pi‧cal

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicales)

1. apical
2. (botany) apical
3. (linguistics) apical

• “apical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16