ventral
English
Etymology
From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛntɹəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl
Adjective
ventral (not comparable)
- Related to the abdomen or stomach.
- (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
- (anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
- (neuroanatomy) On the lower side of the brain.
Antonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- anterioventral
- anteroventral
- apicoventral
- basiventral
- basoventral
- biventral
- caudoventral
- cranioventral
- distoventral
- dorsoventral
- endoventral
- holoventral
- lateroventral
- medioventral
- midventral
- nonventral
- occipitoventral
- paraventral
- posteroventral
- preventral
- proximoventral
- retroventral
- rostrolateroventral
- rostroventral
- sinistroventral
- subventral
- uteroventral
- ventral fin
- ventralize
- ventrally
- ventralmost
- ventral nerve cord
- ventral striatum
- ventral tegmental area
- ventral tegmentum
- ventromedial
Translations
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Noun
ventral (plural ventrals)
- Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis. By surface analysis, ventre + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ventral (feminine ventrale, masculine plural ventraux, feminine plural ventrales)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ventral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛnˈtʁaːl/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
ventral (strong nominative masculine singular ventraler, not comparable)
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist ventral | sie ist ventral | es ist ventral | sie sind ventral | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ventraler | ventrale | ventrales | ventrale |
| genitive | ventralen | ventraler | ventralen | ventraler | |
| dative | ventralem | ventraler | ventralem | ventralen | |
| accusative | ventralen | ventrale | ventrales | ventrale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ventrale | die ventrale | das ventrale | die ventralen |
| genitive | des ventralen | der ventralen | des ventralen | der ventralen | |
| dative | dem ventralen | der ventralen | dem ventralen | den ventralen | |
| accusative | den ventralen | die ventrale | das ventrale | die ventralen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ventraler | eine ventrale | ein ventrales | (keine) ventralen |
| genitive | eines ventralen | einer ventralen | eines ventralen | (keiner) ventralen | |
| dative | einem ventralen | einer ventralen | einem ventralen | (keinen) ventralen | |
| accusative | einen ventralen | eine ventrale | ein ventrales | (keine) ventralen | |
Indonesian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin ventralis.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈventral/ [ˈfen̪.t̪ral]
- Syllabification: ven‧tral
Adjective
ventral
Further reading
- “ventral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis.[1][2] By surface analysis, ventre + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾaw/ [vẽˈtɾaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾal/ [vẽˈtɾaɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽˈtɾal/ [bẽˈtɾaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾa.li/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: ven‧tral
Adjective
ventral m or f (plural ventrais)
- ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
- (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)
References
- ^ “ventral”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “ventral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ventral, from Latin ventralis.
Adjective
ventral m or n (feminine singular ventrală, masculine plural ventrali, feminine and neuter plural ventrale)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | ventral | ventrală | ventrali | ventrale | |||
| definite | ventralul | ventrala | ventralii | ventralele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | ventral | ventrale | ventrali | ventrale | |||
| definite | ventralului | ventralei | ventralilor | ventralelor | ||||
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /benˈtɾal/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ven‧tral
Adjective
ventral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ventrales)
- ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
- (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “ventral”, 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