rostral

From Latin rostrum.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑ.stɹəl/, /ˈɹɑ.ʃtɹəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒstɹəl

rostral (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the rostrum.
2. Serving as a rostrum.

   rostral column

• caudal

rostral (plural rostrals)

1. A scale in reptiles on the median plate of the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening.

rostral (feminine rostrale, masculine plural rostraux, feminine plural rostrales)

1. rostral

• rostralement

• “rostral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Hyphenation: ros‧tral

rostral m or f (plural rostrais)

1. (anatomy) rostral (in the direction of the rostrum)
2. rostral (serving as a rostrum)

Borrowed from French rostral, from Latin rostralis.

rostral m or n (feminine singular rostrală, masculine plural rostrali, feminine and neuter plural rostrale)

1. rostral

• IPA^(key): /rosˈtɾal/ [rosˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ros‧tral

rostral m or f (masculine and feminine plural rostrales)

1. (anatomy) rostral

• “rostral”, 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