abdominal

First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen.^[1] Equivalent to abdomin- +‎ -al. Compare French abdominal.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/, /əbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/, /əbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/

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• Hyphenation: ab‧dom‧i‧nal

abdominal (comparative more abdominal, superlative most abdominal)

1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. [Mid 18^th century.]^[2]

   abdominal muscles

   abdominal cavity

2. (ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins. [Mid 19^th century.]^[2]
3. (ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin. [Late 19^th century.]^[2]
4. (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.

• (of or pertaining to the abdomen): ventral

• abdomin-
• abdomino-

• coelo-

abdominal (plural abdominals)

1. (zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
2. (colloquial) An abdominal muscle. [Mid 20^th century.]^[2]

• (fish): Cypriniformes.

Borrowed from New Latin abdōminālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əb.du.miˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əb.do.miˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ab.do.miˈnal]

abdominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abdominals)

1. abdominal

• abdomen

From New Latin abdōminālis.

• IPA^(key): /ab.dɔ.mi.nal/

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• Homophones: abdominale, abdominales

abdominal (feminine abdominale, masculine plural abdominaux, feminine plural abdominales)

1. abdominal; of the abdomen

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

From New Latin abdōminālis.

• IPA^(key): /apdomiˈnaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

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abdominal (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular abdominaler, not comparable)

1. abdominal

Ultimately derived from New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /abdoˈminal/ [ap̚.doˈmi.nal]

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• Rhymes: -inal
• Syllabification: ab‧do‧mi‧nal

abdominal

1. abdominal (of or pertaining to the abdomen)

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

• abdomine

From New Latin abdōminālis (“abdominal”), from Latin abdōmen (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”) (with the suffix -ālis (forms adjectives), from Proto-Indo-European *-li-, possibly from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”)), possibly from both abdō (“I hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *dō (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (creates action nouns or result nouns).

Equivalent to abdomen +‎ -al, first part from Latin abdōmen (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”), possibly from both abdō (“I hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *dō (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (creates action nouns or result nouns). Last part from French -al (“-al”), from Middle French, from Old French -al, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-.

• IPA^(key): /abdɔmɪˈnɑːl/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːl
• Hyphenation: ab‧do‧mi‧nal

abdominal (neuter singular abdominalt, definite singular and plural abdominale, comparative mer abdominal, superlative mest abdominal)

1. (anatomy, medicine) abdominal (of or pertaining to the abdomen)
   • 2015 February 18, tidsskriftet.no (Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening):

     mannen [hadde] et påfallende rundt ansikt, abdominal fedme og tynne ekstremiteter

     the man [had] a striking round face, abdominal obesity and thin extremities

   abdominalt støttebelte ved brokk

   abdominal support belt for hernia

• abdomen (“abdomen”)

• bakkropp (“abdomen, hind body”)
• buk (“abdomen”)
• bukhule (“peritoneum”)

• “abdominal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abdominal” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Borrowed from New Latin abdōminālis.

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ab‧do‧mi‧nal

abdominal m or f (plural abdominais, not comparable)

1. abdominal

abdominal m (plural abdominais)

1. sit-up

• “abdominal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Borrowed from French abdominal.

• IPA^(key): /ab.do.miˈnal/

abdominal m or n (feminine singular abdominală, masculine plural abdominali, feminine and neuter plural abdominale)

1. abdominal

Borrowed from New Latin abdōminālis.

• IPA^(key): /abdomiˈnal/ [aβ̞.ð̞o.miˈnal]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ab‧do‧mi‧nal

abdominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abdominales)

1. abdominal

abdominal m (plural abdominales)

1. abdominal muscle
2. sit-up

• “abdominal”, 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

abdomen +‎ -al

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

Borrowed from Spanish abdominal.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabdomiˈnal/ [ʔɐb.d̪o.mɪˈn̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ab‧do‧mi‧nal

abdominál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈᜎ᜔)

1. abdominal

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 2