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)
- (anatomy) temporal bone (either of two compound bones at the sides of the skull)
Usage notes
BL prefers tempia osto or its abbreviation tempiosto.[1]
Related terms
- fruntosto
- okcipitosto
- parietosto
References
- ^ BL
Further reading
- “temporalo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997
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)
- (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