cloacal

English

Etymology

From cloaca +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kləʊˈeɪkəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kloʊˈeɪkəl/

Adjective

cloacal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the cloaca
   • 1951, Marshal McLuhan, Mechanical Bride, page 62:

     And it is our cloacal obsession which produces the hysterical hygiene ads […]

Derived terms

• adcloacal
• circumcloacal
• cloacal bladder
• cloacal gland
• cloacal kiss
• cloacally
• cloacal membrane
• cloacal plate
• extracloacal
• intracloacal
• paracloacal
• pericloacal
• postcloacal
• precloacal
• subcloacal
• supracloacal

 

Translations

of or pertaining to the cloaca

• Finnish: kloaakki-, viemärisuoli-
• Italian: cloacale
• Spanish: cloacal

Romanian

Etymology

From cloacă +‎ -al.

Adjective

cloacal m or n (feminine singular cloacală, masculine plural cloacali, feminine and neuter plural cloacale)

1. cloacal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cloacal		cloacală		cloacali	cloacale
	definite	cloacalul		cloacala		cloacalii	cloacalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cloacal		cloacale		cloacali	cloacale
	definite	cloacalului		cloacalei		cloacalilor	cloacalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From cloaca +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloaˈkal/ [klo.aˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: clo‧a‧cal

Adjective

cloacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural cloacales)

1. cloacal
2. sewage, waste

Further reading

• “cloacal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10