cerebral

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See also: cérébral

English

WOTD – 15 November 2009

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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
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Translations

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

  1. (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.
Translations
retroflex — see retroflex

References

Asturian

Etymology

cerebru +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cerebral (epicene, plural cerebrales)

  1. (anatomy, medicine) cerebral

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrals)

  1. cerebral

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

cerebral

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

Inflection

Inflection of cerebral
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular cerebral — —2
Indefinite neuter singular cerebralt — —2
Plural cerebrale — —2
Definite attributive1 cerebrale — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From cérebro +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

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

Adjective

cerebral m or f (plural cerebrais)

  1. (relational) brain, cerebral cortex; cerebral

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cérébral.

Adjective

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

  1. cerebral

Declension

Declension of cerebral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite cerebral cerebrală cerebrali cerebrale
definite cerebralul cerebrala cerebralii cerebralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite cerebral cerebrale cerebrali cerebrale
definite cerebralului cerebralei cerebralilor cerebralelor

Spanish

Etymology

From cerebro +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrales)

  1. cerebral

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Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

cerebral (comparative mer cerebral, superlative mest cerebral)

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

Declension

Inflection of cerebral
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular cerebral mer cerebral mest cerebral
Neuter singular cerebralt mer cerebralt mest cerebralt
Plural cerebrala mer cerebrala mest cerebrala
Masculine plural3 cerebrale mer cerebrala mest cerebrala
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 cerebrale mer cerebrale mest cerebrale
All cerebrala mer cerebrala mest cerebrala
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

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