cerebral

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See also: cérébral

English

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Etymology 1

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

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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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Etymology 2

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

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cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

  1. (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.
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Asturian

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Etymology

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cerebru +‎ -al.

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  • IPA(key): /θeɾeˈbɾal/, [θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]

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cerebral (epicene, plural cerebrales)

  1. (anatomy, medicine) cerebral
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Catalan

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Etymology

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

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cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrals)

  1. cerebral

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Danish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /serəbraːl/, [serəˈb̥ʁɑːˀl]

Adjective

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cerebral

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

Inflection

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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.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From cérebro +‎ -al.

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾal/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾa.li/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾa.li]

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

Adjective

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cerebral m or f (plural cerebrais)

  1. (relational) brain, cerebral cortex; cerebral

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French cérébral.

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

  1. cerebral

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From cerebro +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾeˈbɾal/ [θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾeˈbɾal/ [se.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ce‧re‧bral

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cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrales)

  1. cerebral

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Swedish

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Adjective

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cerebral (comparative mer cerebral, superlative mest cerebral)

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

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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

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