scrotal

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin scrōtālis. Equivalent to scrotum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɹoʊtəl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɹəʊtəl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊtəl

Adjective

scrotal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the scrotum.
  2. (zoology) With a visible scrotum.
    • 2008, Melissa A. Hillegass et al., “The influence of sex and sociality on parasite loads in an African ground squirrel”, in Behavioral Ecology, volume 19, number 5, →DOI, pages 1006–1011:
      Male maturity is evident from descent of the testes; adult males are scrotal year-round, whereas subadult males are partially or nonscrotal.

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French

Etymology

From scrotum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skʁɔ.tal/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

scrotal (feminine scrotale, masculine plural scrotaux, feminine plural scrotales)

  1. scrotal
    • 1841, Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, page 870:
      Dans la cure des hypospadias péno-scrotaux, scrotaux et périnéaux, il convient donc de recourir à d'autres opérations.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scrotal, equivalent to scrot +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [skroˈtal]

Adjective

scrotal m or n (feminine singular scrotală, masculine plural scrotali, feminine and neuter plural scrotale)

  1. scrotal

Declension

Declension of scrotal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite scrotal scrotală scrotali scrotale
definite scrotalul scrotala scrotalii scrotalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite scrotal scrotale scrotali scrotale
definite scrotalului scrotalei scrotalilor scrotalelor

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