Ndtyjky

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

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

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.