cerebral
See also: cérébral
English
WOTD – 15 November 2009
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl/, /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹl̩/, /səˈɹiː.bɹəl/, /səˈɹiː.bɹl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /səˈɹi.bɹəl/, /ˈsɛɹ.əb.ɹəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɹɪbɹəl, -iːbɹəl
Etymology 1
Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum + -al.
Adjective
cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)
- (anatomy, relational) Of, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
- Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.
- Coordinate term: visceral
Derived terms
- acerebral
- antennocerebral
- anticerebral
- cardiocerebral
- cardiovasculocerebral
- cerebral aqueduct
- cerebral artery
- cerebral blood flow
- cerebral cortex
- cerebral edema
- cerebral hemisphere
- cerebral hemorrhage
- cerebralism
- cerebralist
- cerebralize
- cerebral localisation
- cerebral localization
- cerebrally
- cerebral oximetry
- cerebral palsy
- cervicocerebral
- circumcerebral
- craniocerebral
- electrocerebral
- extracerebral
- great cerebral vein
- hemicerebral
- hepatocerebral
- hypercerebral
- hypocerebral
- intercerebral
- intracerebral
- meningocerebral
- metacerebral
- microcerebral
- multiple cerebral sclerosis
- myocerebral
- neurocerebral
- noncerebral
- oculocerebral
- orbitocerebral
- overcerebral
- paracerebral
- pericerebral
- postcerebral
- precerebral
- retinocerebral
- retrocerebral
- rhinocerebral
- spinocerebral
- subcerebral
- supercerebral
- uncerebral
Translations
of, or relating to the brain
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intellectual
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Adjective
cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)
- (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.
Translations
retroflex — see retroflex
References
- “cerebral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cerebral”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Derived terms
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /serəbraːl/, [serəˈb̥ʁɑːˀl]
Inflection
| Inflection of cerebral | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | cerebral | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | cerebralt | — | —2 |
| Plural | cerebrale | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | cerebrale | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ɾeˈbɾaw/ [se.ɾeˈbɾaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾal/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾa.li/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾa.li]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: ce‧re‧bral
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “cerebral” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “cerebral” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “cerebral” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “cerebral” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “cerebral” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “cerebral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Adjective
cerebral m or n (feminine singular cerebrală, masculine plural cerebrali, feminine and neuter plural cerebrale)
Declension
Declension of cerebral
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | cerebral | cerebrală | cerebrali | cerebrale | ||
| definite | cerebralul | cerebrala | cerebralii | cerebralele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | cerebral | cerebrale | cerebrali | cerebrale | ||
| definite | cerebralului | cerebralei | cerebralilor | cerebralelor | |||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾeˈbɾal/ [θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾeˈbɾal/ [se.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ce‧re‧bral
Derived terms
- circunvolución cerebral
- conmoción cerebral
- corteza cerebral
- derrame cerebral
- hemisferio cerebral
- parálisis cerebral
- protuberancia cerebral
Related terms
Further reading
- “cerebral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Adjective
cerebral (comparative mer cerebral, superlative mest cerebral)
- (anatomy) cerebral
- intellectual (rather than emotional)
Declension
| Inflection of cerebral | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | cerebral | mer cerebral | mest cerebral |
| Neuter singular | cerebralt | mer cerebralt | mest cerebralt |
| Plural | cerebrala | mer cerebrala | mest cerebrala |
| Masculine plural3 | cerebrale | mer cerebrala | mest cerebrala |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | cerebrale | mer cerebrale | mest cerebrale |
| All | cerebrala | mer cerebrala | mest cerebrala |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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