ventral

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English

Etymology

From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛntɹəl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl

Adjective

ventral (not comparable)

  1. Related to the abdomen or stomach.
  2. (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
  3. (anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
  4. (neuroanatomy) On the lower side of the brain.

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Translations

(anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal

Noun

ventral (plural ventrals)

  1. Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis. By surface analysis, ventre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ventral (feminine ventrale, masculine plural ventraux, feminine plural ventrales)

  1. ventral

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

ventral (strong nominative masculine singular ventraler, not comparable)

  1. ventral

Declension

Positive forms of ventral (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist ventral sie ist ventral es ist ventral sie sind ventral
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative ventraler ventrale ventrales ventrale
genitive ventralen ventraler ventralen ventraler
dative ventralem ventraler ventralem ventralen
accusative ventralen ventrale ventrales ventrale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der ventrale die ventrale das ventrale die ventralen
genitive des ventralen der ventralen des ventralen der ventralen
dative dem ventralen der ventralen dem ventralen den ventralen
accusative den ventralen die ventrale das ventrale die ventralen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein ventraler eine ventrale ein ventrales (keine) ventralen
genitive eines ventralen einer ventralen eines ventralen (keiner) ventralen
dative einem ventralen einer ventralen einem ventralen (keinen) ventralen
accusative einen ventralen eine ventrale ein ventrales (keine) ventralen

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis. By surface analysis, ventre +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ven‧tral

Adjective

ventral m or f (plural ventrais)

  1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
  2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

References

  1. ^ “ventral” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “ventral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ventral, from Latin ventralis.

Adjective

ventral m or n (feminine singular ventrală, masculine plural ventrali, feminine and neuter plural ventrale)

  1. ventral

Declension

Declension of ventral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite ventral ventrală ventrali ventrale
definite ventralul ventrala ventralii ventralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite ventral ventrale ventrali ventrale
definite ventralului ventralei ventralilor ventralelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ventrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /benˈtɾal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ven‧tral

Adjective

ventral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ventrales)

  1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
  2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

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