vestibular

English

Etymology

From vestibule or vestibulum +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

vestibular (not comparable) (relational)

1. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
   • 1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century‎, page 158:

     […] while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister, […] .

   • 1950 August, “Notes and News: Royal Train at Croydon”, in Railway Magazine, pages 569-570:

     Originally, it was intended that the stock should be vestibular throughout, but when the drawings were submitted to the Prince of Wales, he cut out this feature, saying that a railway journey afforded one of the very few occasions when he was able to enjoy absolute privacy—a feature which the vestibule would tend to abolish.

2. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.

   vestibular impulse

   • 1859, William James Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of Human Anatomy, General and Special:

     Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve […] .

4. (dentistry) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.

Antonyms

• nonvestibular

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry)}

Derived terms

Related terms

• vestibule
• vestibulum

Translations

Noun

vestibular (plural vestibulars)

1. (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.

   Synonyms: vestibular exam, vestibular examination

   • 2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People, page 23:

     Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

vestibular m (plural vestibulares)

1. (Brazil) an admittance test for Brazilian universities

Derived terms

• prestar vestibular
• vestibulando

Adjective

vestibular m or f (plural vestibulares)

1. (anatomy) vestibular (relating to the vestibule)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vestibulaire.

Adjective

vestibular m or n (feminine singular vestibulară, masculine plural vestibulari, feminine and neuter plural vestibulare)

1. vestibular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bestibuˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ves‧ti‧bu‧lar

Adjective

vestibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestibulares)

1. (anatomy) vestibular

Related terms