lacrimal

• lachrymal, lacrymal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lacrimālis, from lacrima (“a tear”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of lachrymal.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.ɹɪm.əl/, /ˈlak.ɹɪm.l̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.ɹəm.əl/
• Rhymes: -ækɹɪməl

lacrimal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs.
2. Alternative spelling of lachrymal.

lacrimal (plural lacrimals)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of lacrimal bone.
2. Ellipsis of lacrimal vase.

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

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin lacrimālis, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: la‧cri‧mal

lacrimal m or f (plural lacrimais, not comparable)

1. lachrymal (relating to tears)

   Synonym: lagrimal

2. which produces tears

   Synonyms: lacrimante, lagrimante, lacrimogéneo

lacrimal m (plural lacrimais)

1. (anatomy) lacrimal bone

• osso

Borrowed from French lacrymal.

lacrimal m or n (feminine singular lacrimală, masculine plural lacrimali, feminine and neuter plural lacrimale)

1. lacrimal

From Latin lacrimālis.

• IPA^(key): /lakɾiˈmal/ [la.kɾiˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: la‧cri‧mal

lacrimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lacrimales)

1. lachrymal (relating to tears)

   Synonym: lagrimal

lacrimal m (plural lacrimales)

1. lachrymal

• “lacrimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024