occipital

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (the back of the head, occiput) +‎ -ālis (-al, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput +‎ -al. Doublet of occipitalis.

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Adjective

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occipital (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.

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Noun

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occipital (plural occipitals)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of occipital bone.
  2. (zootomy) An occipital scale in reptiles.

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From occípit +‎ -al.

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Adjective

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occipital m or f (masculine and feminine plural occipitals)

  1. occipital

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Noun

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occipital m (plural occipitals)

  1. occipital bone

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (whence occiput).

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Adjective

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occipital (feminine occipitale, masculine plural occipitaux, feminine plural occipitales)

  1. (anatomy) occipital
    lobe occipitaloccipital lobe

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Galician

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Adjective

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occipital m or f (plural occipitais)

  1. (anatomy) occipital, pertaining to the back of the head

Noun

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occipital m (plural occipitais)

  1. (anatomy) the occipital bone

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (the back of the head).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ki.si.piˈtaw/ [o.ki.si.piˈtaʊ̯], /ok.si.piˈtaw/ [ok.si.piˈtaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ok.si.piˈtaw/ [ok.si.piˈtaʊ̯], /o.ki.si.piˈtaw/ [o.ki.si.piˈtaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.ksi.piˈtal/ [ɔ.ksi.piˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.ksi.piˈta.li/

  • Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧pi‧tal

Adjective

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occipital m or f (plural occipitais, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) occipital (pertaining to the back of the head)
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Noun

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occipital m (plural occipitais)

  1. (anatomy) the occipital bone
    Hypernym: osso
    Holonym: crânio
    Coordinate terms: parietal, frontal, temporal, esfenoide, etmoide

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French occipital.

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occipital m or n (feminine singular occipitală, masculine plural occipitali, feminine and neuter plural occipitale)

  1. occipital

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (the back of the head).

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /oɡθipiˈtal/ [oɣ̞.θi.piˈt̪al]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɡsipiˈtal/ [oɣ̞.si.piˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: oc‧ci‧pi‧tal

Adjective

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occipital m or f (masculine and feminine plural occipitales)

  1. (anatomy) occipital

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Noun

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occipital m (plural occipitales)

  1. occipital bone
    Synonym: hueso occipital
  2. (muscle) occipitalis
    Synonym: músculo occipital
  3. occipital lobe
    Synonym: lóbulo occipital
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