dorsal






Contents






  • 1 English


    • 1.1 Etymology


    • 1.2 Pronunciation


    • 1.3 Adjective


      • 1.3.1 Antonyms


      • 1.3.2 Coordinate terms


      • 1.3.3 Derived terms


      • 1.3.4 Related terms


      • 1.3.5 Translations




    • 1.4 Noun


    • 1.5 Anagrams




  • 2 Catalan


    • 2.1 Adjective




  • 3 French


    • 3.1 Adjective


    • 3.2 Further reading




  • 4 German


    • 4.1 Pronunciation


    • 4.2 Adjective


      • 4.2.1 Declension






  • 5 Interlingua


    • 5.1 Adjective




  • 6 Portuguese


    • 6.1 Adjective




  • 7 Spanish


    • 7.1 Etymology


    • 7.2 Pronunciation


    • 7.3 Adjective


      • 7.3.1 Derived terms




    • 7.4 Noun


    • 7.5 Related terms


    • 7.6 Further reading







English



Etymology


From Middle English dorsal, dorsale, from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”).



Pronunciation




  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɹsəl/

  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səl



Adjective


dorsal (comparative more dorsal, superlative most dorsal)




  1. (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.


  2. (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.


  3. (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.


  4. (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.


  5. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.


  6. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.



Antonyms


  • ventral


Coordinate terms



  • (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral (Category: en:Medicine)[edit]


  • (linguistics): labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal



Derived terms



  • dorsal fin

  • dorsally

  • lumbodorsal



Related terms



  • endorse, indorse


Translations







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Noun


dorsal (plural dorsals)




  1. (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

  2. In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.


  3. (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.



Anagrams


  • lardos



Catalan



Adjective


dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)


  1. dorsal



French




French Wikipedia has an article on:
dorsal


Wikipedia fr


Adjective


dorsal (feminine singular dorsale, masculine plural dorsaux, feminine plural dorsales)


  1. dorsal


Further reading


  • “dorsal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).



German



Pronunciation




  • IPA(key): /dɔʁˈzaːl/


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  • Rhymes: -aːl



Adjective


dorsal (not comparable)


  1. dorsal


Declension



Declension of dorsal












































































































number & gender
 singular
 plural
masculine
 feminine
 neuter
 all genders
predicative
er ist dorsal
sie ist dorsal
es ist dorsal
sie sind dorsal
strong declension
(without article)
 nominative
dorsaler
dorsale
dorsales
dorsale
genitive
dorsalen
dorsaler
dorsalen
dorsaler
dative
dorsalem
dorsaler
dorsalem
dorsalen
accusative
dorsalen
dorsale
dorsales
dorsale
weak declension
(with definite article)
 nominative
der dorsale
die dorsale
das dorsale
die dorsalen
genitive
des dorsalen
der dorsalen
des dorsalen
der dorsalen
dative
dem dorsalen
der dorsalen
dem dorsalen
den dorsalen
accusative
den dorsalen
die dorsale
das dorsale
die dorsalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)
 nominative
ein dorsaler
eine dorsale
ein dorsales
(keine) dorsalen
genitive
eines dorsalen
einer dorsalen
eines dorsalen
(keiner) dorsalen
dative
einem dorsalen
einer dorsalen
einem dorsalen
(keinen) dorsalen
accusative
einen dorsalen
eine dorsale
ein dorsales
(keine) dorsalen





Interlingua



Adjective


dorsal (not comparable)


  1. dorsal



Portuguese



Adjective


dorsal m, f (plural dorsais, comparable)




  1. (anatomy) dorsal (of the back)


  2. (anatomy) dorsal (of the top surface of a hand or foot)




Spanish



Etymology


From Latin dorsālis.



Pronunciation



  • IPA(key): /dorˈsal/, [d̪orˈsal]


Adjective


dorsal (plural dorsales)



  1. (anatomy) dorsal


Derived terms


  • toracodorsal


Noun


dorsal m (plural dorsales)


  1. ridge


Related terms


  • dorso


Further reading


  • “dorsal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.



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