abdominal

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: ab‧dom‧i‧nal

Adjective

abdominal (comparative more abdominal, superlative most abdominal)

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

   abdominal muscles

   abdominal cavity

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

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the abdomen): ventral

Derived terms

• abdominal aorta
• abdominal breathing
• abdominal cavity
• abdominal decompression
• abdominal evisceration
• abdominal fin
• abdominal gestation
• abdominal inguinal ring
• abdominally
• abdominal migraine
• abdominal muscle
• abdominal pore
• abdominal pouch
• abdominal quadrant
• abdominal reflex
• abdominal region
• abdominal respiration
• abdominal rib
• abdominal ring
• abdominal section
• abdominal-thrust maneuver
• abdominal typhus
• abdominal wall
• abs
• cervicothoracoabdominal
• circumabdominal
• costoabdominal
• dorsoabdominal
• endoabdominal
• extraabdominal
• femoroabdominal
• hemiabdominal
• inguinoabdominal
• intraabdominal
• intra-abdominal
• intrabdominal
• lumbo-abdominal
• lumboabdominal
• midabdominal
• musculoabdominal
• nephroabdominal
• nonabdominal
• pelviabdominal
• phrenicoabdominal
• postabdominal
• rectoabdominal
• retroabdominal
• subabdominal
• thoracoabdominal
• transabdominal
• uteroabdominal
• vaginoabdominal
• vesicoabdominal

 

Related terms

• abdomin-
• abdomino-

Translations

of or pertaining to the abdomen

• Arabic: بَطْنِيّ (baṭniyy)
• Asturian: abdominal (ast)
• Belarusian: брушны́ (brušný), чарэўны́ (čareŭný), абдаміна́льны (abdaminálʹny)
• Bulgarian: абдомина́лен (bg) (abdominálen), коре́мен (bg) (korémen)
• Catalan: abdominal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腹部的 (zh) (fùbù)

• Czech: břišní (cs)
• Dutch: abdominaal (nl), buik- (nl)
• Finnish: vatsa- (fi) (in compounds), abdominaali (fi)
• French: abdominal (fr)
• Galician: abdominal (gl)
• German: abdominal (de), abdominell (de), Bauch- (de), Unterleib- (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἠτριαῖος (ētriaîos)

• Hungarian: hasi (hu), abdominális (hu)
• Interlingua: abdominal (ia)
• Irish: abdómain, boilg, bolgach
• Italian: addominale (it)
• Latin: abdominalis
• Macedonian: абдомина́лен (abdominálen), трбушен (trbušen)
• Manx: y volgey
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abdominal (no)

• Persian: شکمی (fa) (šekami)
• Polish: brzuszny (pl), odwłokowy (pl) (for insects), abdominalny (pl)
• Portuguese: abdominal (pt)
• Romanian: abdominal (ro) m or n
• Russian: брюшно́й (ru) (brjušnój), абдомина́льный (ru) (abdominálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тр̀бушнӣ

  Roman: tr̀bušnī (sh)

• Slovak: brušný (sk)
• Slovene: trebušen
• Spanish: abdominal (es)
• Swedish: abdominal (sv), buk- (sv), mag- (sv)
• Tagalog: pantiyan
• Turkish: karın ile ilgili
• Ukrainian: черевни́й (čerevnýj), абдоміна́льний (uk) (abdominálʹnyj)
• Welsh: abdomenol (cy)
• Zazaki: pizane

having abdominal fins

• Dutch: buikvinnig
• Finnish: vatsaevällinen
• Tagalog: pantiyan

See also

• coelo-

Noun

abdominal (plural abdominals)

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

Synonyms

• (fish): Cypriniformes.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

abdominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abdominals)

1. abdominal

Related terms

• abdomen

French

Etymology

From New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.dɔ.mi.nal/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: abdominale, abdominales

Adjective

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

1. abdominal; of the abdomen

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. abdominal

Declension

Positive forms of abdominal (uncomparable, no predicate)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		—	—	—	—
strong declension (without article)	nominative	abdominaler	abdominale	abdominales	abdominale
	genitive	abdominalen	abdominaler	abdominalen	abdominaler
	dative	abdominalem	abdominaler	abdominalem	abdominalen
	accusative	abdominalen	abdominale	abdominales	abdominale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der abdominale	die abdominale	das abdominale	die abdominalen
	genitive	des abdominalen	der abdominalen	des abdominalen	der abdominalen
	dative	dem abdominalen	der abdominalen	dem abdominalen	den abdominalen
	accusative	den abdominalen	die abdominale	das abdominale	die abdominalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein abdominaler	eine abdominale	ein abdominales	(keine) abdominalen
	genitive	eines abdominalen	einer abdominalen	eines abdominalen	(keiner) abdominalen
	dative	einem abdominalen	einer abdominalen	einem abdominalen	(keinen) abdominalen
	accusative	einen abdominalen	eine abdominale	ein abdominales	(keine) abdominalen

Indonesian

Etymology

Ultimately derived from New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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

Adjective

abdominal

1. abdominal (of or pertaining to the abdomen)

Interlingua

Adjective

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

Related terms

• abdomine

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdɔmɪˈnɑːl/

• Audio:

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

Adjective

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

Related terms

• abdomen (“abdomen”)

See also

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

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bi.do.miˈnaw/ [a.bi.do.miˈnaʊ̯], /ab.do.miˈnaw/ [ab.do.miˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bi.do.miˈnaw/ [a.bi.do.miˈnaʊ̯], /ab.do.miˈnaw/ [ab.do.miˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.do.miˈnaw/ [ab.do.miˈnaʊ̯], /a.bi.do.miˈnaw/ [a.bi.do.miˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bdu.miˈnal/ [ɐ.βðu.miˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bdu.miˈnal/ [ɐ.βðu.miˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bdu.miˈna.li/ [ɐ.βðu.miˈna.li]

• Audio (Brazil):

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

Adjective

abdominal m or f (plural abdominais, not comparable)

1. abdominal

Noun

abdominal m (plural abdominais)

1. sit-up

Related terms

• abdómen
• abdominoplastia

 

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French abdominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.do.miˈnal/

Adjective

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

1. abdominal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	abdominal		abdominală		abdominali	abdominale
	definite	abdominalul		abdominala		abdominalii	abdominalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	abdominal		abdominale		abdominali	abdominale
	definite	abdominalului		abdominalei		abdominalelor	abdominalilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abdōminālis.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

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

Adjective

abdominal m or f (masculine and feminine plural abdominales)

1. abdominal

Derived terms

• abdominalmente
• aorta abdominal

 

Noun

abdominal m (plural abdominales)

1. abdominal muscle
2. sit-up

Related terms

• abdomen

 

Further reading

• “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

Swedish

Etymology

abdomen +‎ -al

Adjective

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

Declension

Inflection of abdominal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	abdominal	—	—
Neuter singular	abdominalt	—	—
Plural	abdominala	—	—
Masculine plural3	abdominale	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	abdominale	—	—
All	abdominala	—	—
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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abdominal.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

abdominál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈᜎ᜔)

1. abdominal

Further reading

• 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