mandibular

From Latin mandibula +‎ -ar.^[1] By surface analysis, mandible +‎ -ar.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)

mandibular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the mandible.

   Synonym: (archaic) mandibulary

   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 28:

     The head produces a mandibular gland pheromone composed of ketones, the thorax lacks large glands, and the abdomen contains the venom and the Nasonov gland that produces lemon oil compounds.

• mandibulary
• mandibulate

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mən.di.βuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mən.di.buˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [man.di.buˈlaɾ]

mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulars)

1. mandibular

• mandíbula

• “mandibular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mandibular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “mandibular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mandibular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares)

1. mandibular

• mandíbula

• “mandibular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

mandibular (not comparable)

1. mandibular

mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares, not comparable)

1. mandibular

• mandíbula

• “mandibular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French mandibulaire.

mandibular m or n (feminine singular mandibulară, masculine plural mandibulari, feminine and neuter plural mandibulare)

1. mandibular

• IPA^(key): /mandibuˈlaɾ/ [mãn̪.d̪i.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: man‧di‧bu‧lar

mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulares)

1. mandibular

• “mandibular”, 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