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.

   Synonym: neuronal

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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “neural”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →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 (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “neural”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Dutch neuraal.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /neˈural/
• Rhymes: -ural
• Syllabification: ne‧u‧ral

neural (comparative lebih neural, superlative paling neural)

1. neural
   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 Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• 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, 2015–2025
• “neural”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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 (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10