ventral

From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛntɹəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl

ventral (not comparable)

1. Related to the abdomen or stomach.
2. (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
3. (anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
4. (neuroanatomy) On the lower side of the brain.

• dorsal

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}

ventral (plural ventrals)

1. 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.

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis. By surface analysis, ventre +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.tʁal/
• Homophones: ventrale, ventrales

ventral (feminine ventrale, masculine plural ventraux, feminine plural ventrales)

1. ventral

• ventro-ventral
• dorso-ventral

• “ventral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /vɛnˈtʁaːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

ventral (strong nominative masculine singular ventraler, not comparable)

1. ventral

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis.^[1][2] By surface analysis, ventre +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ven‧tral

ventral m or f (plural ventrais)

1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

Borrowed from French ventral, from Latin ventralis.

ventral m or n (feminine singular ventrală, masculine plural ventrali, feminine and neuter plural ventrale)

1. ventral

From Latin ventrālis.

• IPA^(key): /benˈtɾal/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ven‧tral

ventral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ventrales)

1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

• “ventral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28