cerebral

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl/, /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹl̩/, /səˈɹiː.bɹəl/, /səˈɹiː.bɹl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈɹi.bɹəl/, /ˈsɛɹ.əb.ɹəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪbɹəl, -iːbɹəl

Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum +‎ -al.

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
2. Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.

   Coordinate term: visceral

   • 2024 September 19, James Miller, “Karl Marx, Weirder Than Ever”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Certainly, “Capital” is a cerebral read and the dangers of the world Marx lived in are not all the same as ours.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Semantic loan from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “pertaining to the head”).

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

1. (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.

• “cerebral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cerebral”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

cerebru +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /θeɾeˈbɾal/,

cerebral (epicene, plural cerebrales)

1. (anatomy, medicine) cerebral

• cerebru

A learned formation from the root of Latin cerebrum and the suffix -al.

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cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrals)

1. cerebral

• paràlisi cerebral

• cervell

From French cérébral (“cerebral”), from Latin cerebrum (“brain”).

• IPA^(key): /serəbraːl/,

cerebral

1. cerebral (of, or relating to the brain)

• “cerebral” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “cerebral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From cérebro +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ce‧re‧bral

cerebral m or f (plural cerebrais)

1. (relational) brain, cerebral cortex; cerebral

• cerebralmente

• cérebro

• “cerebral”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “cerebral”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “cerebral” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cerebral”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “cerebral”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “cerebral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from French cérébral.

cerebral m or n (feminine singular cerebrală, masculine plural cerebrali, feminine and neuter plural cerebrale)

1. cerebral

From cerebro +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾeˈbɾal/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾeˈbɾal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ce‧re‧bral

cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrales)

1. cerebral

• “cerebral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

cerebral (comparative mer cerebral, superlative mest cerebral)

1. (anatomy) cerebral
2. intellectual (rather than emotional)

• cerebral in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• cerebral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• cerebral in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)