neural

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) +‎ -al.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnʊɹəl/, /ˈnɝəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʊəɹəl/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnjəɹəl/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʉːɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

neural (not comparable)

1. (biology) Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.
2. (computing) Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.

• “neural”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “neural”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “neural”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Launer, Lauren, ulnare, unreal

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurals)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

• “neural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “neural”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “neural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “neural” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /nø.ʁal/

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neural (feminine neurale, masculine plural neuraux, feminine plural neurales)

1. neural

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

neural m or f (plural neurais)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

• “neural”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: neu‧ral

neural m or f (plural neurais, not comparable)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

• “neural”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “neural”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from French neural.

neural m or n (feminine singular neurală, masculine plural neurali, feminine and neuter plural neurale)

1. neural

• IPA^(key): /neuˈɾal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: neu‧ral

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurales)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

• “neural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10