cranial

See also: crânial

English

Etymology

From cranium +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹeɪ.ni.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəl

Adjective

cranial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
2. (anatomy) Synonym of cephalic.

Derived terms

• abdominocranial
• acranial
• acrocranial
• basicranial
• brachycranial
• caudocranial
• cerebrocranial
• cervicocranial
• chondrocranial
• circumcranial
• cleidocranial
• cranial base
• cranial index
• cranialization
• cranially
• cranialmost
• cranial nerve
• cranial orbit
• dermatocranial
• dolichocranial
• dorsocranial
• ectocranial
• eleventh cranial nerve
• endocranial
• epicranial
• exocranial
• extracranial
• first cranial nerve
• fourth cranial nerve
• hemicranial
• holocranial
• hyperbrachycranial
• infracranial
• intercranial
• intracranial
• intrauterine cranial decompression
• laterocranial
• mediocranial
• mesocranial
• nasocranial
• neurocranial
• ninth cranial nerve
• noncranial
• occipitocranial
• osteocranial
• otocranial
• paracranial
• pericranial
• postcranial
• posterocranial
• precranial
• proximocranial
• pterygocranial
• quadratocranial
• second cranial nerve
• seventh cranial nerve
• sixth cranial nerve
• splanchnocranial
• subcranial
• supracranial
• third cranial nerve
• transcranial
• twelfth cranial nerve
• ventrocranial
• viscerocranial

 

Translations

of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull

• Arabic: جُمْجُمِيّ (jumjumiyy)
• Asturian: cranial (ast)
• Belarusian: чарапны́ (čarapný)
• Bulgarian: че́репен (čérepen)
• Catalan: cranial (ca)
• Czech: lebeční (cs)
• Esperanto: krania
• French: crânien (fr)
• Galician: cranial (gl)
• German: kranial (de), Schädel- (de)
• Irish: cráiniach (technical term), blaoisce (familiar)
• Italian: cranico (it)
• Macedonian: черепен (čerepen)
• Polish: czaszkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: craniano, cranial
• Romanian: cranian (ro), cranial (ro)
• Russian: черепно́й (ru) (čerepnój), краниа́льный (ru) (kraniálʹnyj) (scientific, medical)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лу̀бањскӣ

  Roman: lùbanjskī (sh)

• Slovak: lebečný (sk)
• Slovene: lobanjski
• Spanish: craneal (es)
• Tagalog: bunguin, pamungo
• Ukrainian: черепни́й (čerepnýj)
• Volapük: kranik

References

• “cranial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cranial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• carinal, clarain

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾaˈnjal/, [kɾaˈnjal]

Adjective

cranial (epicene, plural craniales)

1. (anatomy) cranial

Related terms

• craniu

Catalan

Etymology

From crani +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾə.niˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾa.niˈal]

Adjective

cranial m or f (masculine and feminine plural cranials)

1. cranial

Related terms

• crani

Further reading

• “cranial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Alternative forms

• crânial

Adjective

cranial (feminine craniale, masculine plural craniaux, feminine plural craniales)

1. cranial

Galician

Adjective

cranial m or f (plural craniais)

1. cranial

Related terms

• cranio

Interlingua

Adjective

cranial (not comparable)

1. cranial

Related terms

• cranio

Portuguese

Etymology

From crânio +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾa.niˈaw/ [kɾa.nɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kɾaˈnjaw/ [kɾaˈnjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɐˈnjal/ [kɾɐˈnjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɐˈnjal/ [kɾɐˈnjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɐˈnja.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: cra‧ni‧al

Adjective

cranial m or f (plural craniais, not comparable)

1. (Brazil, anatomy) cranial

   Synonym: craniano

Derived terms

• cranialmente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German kranial. By surface analysis, craniu +‎ -al.

Adjective

cranial m or n (feminine singular cranială, masculine plural craniali, feminine and neuter plural craniale)

1. cranial

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	cranial		cranială		craniali	craniale
	definite	cranialul		craniala		cranialii	cranialele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	cranial		craniale		craniali	craniale
	definite	cranialului		cranialei		cranialilor	cranialelor