temporalo

Esperanto

Etymology

Compare English temporal bone, French os temporal, Italian osso temporale, Spanish hueso temporal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tempoˈralo/
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Hyphenation: tem‧po‧ra‧lo

Noun

temporalo (accusative singular temporalon, plural temporaloj, accusative plural temporalojn)

  1. (anatomy) temporal bone (either of two compound bones at the sides of the skull)
    Synonym: tempiosto
    Hypernym: osto
    Coordinate terms: skeleto, kranio

Usage notes

BL prefers tempia osto or its abbreviation tempiosto.[1]

  • fruntosto
  • okcipitosto
  • parietosto

References

  1. ^ BL

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Derived from temporo +‎ -ala +‎ -o or temporo +‎ -alo, or an abbreviated form of temporala osto. See also temporar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tempoˈralo/
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Hyphenation: tem‧po‧ra‧lo

Noun

temporalo (plural temporali)

  1. (anatomy) temporal bone (either of two compound bones at the sides of the skull)
    Synonym: temporala osto

Further reading

  • temporalo in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924