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frontal

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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, from frons (“the forehead, brow, front”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to front +‎ -al; cognate of French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.

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frontal (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
    1. Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
      a frontal attack
      Synonym: direct
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  3. (anatomy) Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
  4. (zootomy) Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
  5. (meteorology) Of or relating to a weather front.
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Noun

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frontal (plural frontals)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of frontal bone.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Latin frontāle (“a frontlet, metal band for the forehead”).

Noun

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frontal (plural frontals)

  2. (Christianity) A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
    Synonyms: antependium, forecloth
    • 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism, page 27:
      Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.
  3. (architecture) The façade of a building.
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Catalan

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Etymology

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From front +‎ -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontālis (“frontal”), from Latin frōns.

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Adjective

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frontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frontals)

  1. frontal

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Noun

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frontal m (plural frontals)

  1. frontal bone

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French frontal.

Adjective

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frontal

  1. frontal

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

French

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Etymology

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From front +‎ -al; see also Medieval Latin frontalis, from Latin frōns, as well as fronteau and frontail.

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Adjective

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frontal (feminine frontale, masculine plural frontaux, feminine plural frontales)

  1. (relational) forehead; frontal

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Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frontal, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

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  • IPA(key): /fɾonˈtal/ [fɾon̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

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frontal m or f (plural frontais)

  1. frontal

Noun

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frontal m (plural frontais)

  1. (anatomy) the frontal bone
  2. (Christianity) frontal (a decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.)
  3. (architecture) frontal (the façade of a building.)

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German

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Adjective

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frontal (strong nominative masculine singular frontaler, not comparable)

  1. frontal

Declension

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Positive forms of frontal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist frontal sie ist frontal es ist frontal sie sind frontal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative frontaler frontale frontales frontale
genitive frontalen frontaler frontalen frontaler
dative frontalem frontaler frontalem frontalen
accusative frontalen frontale frontales frontale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der frontale die frontale das frontale die frontalen
genitive des frontalen der frontalen des frontalen der frontalen
dative dem frontalen der frontalen dem frontalen den frontalen
accusative den frontalen die frontale das frontale die frontalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein frontaler eine frontale ein frontales (keine) frontalen
genitive eines frontalen einer frontalen eines frontalen (keiner) frontalen
dative einem frontalen einer frontalen einem frontalen (keinen) frontalen
accusative einen frontalen eine frontale ein frontales (keine) frontalen

Adverb

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frontal

  1. head-on

Further reading

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  • “frontal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “frontal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From fronte (“front”) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”), or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontālis (“frontal”), from Latin frōns.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: fron‧tal

Adjective

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frontal m or f (plural frontais)

  1. frontal
    Synonyms: fronteiro, anterior
    Antonyms: traseiro, posterior

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Noun

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frontal m (plural frontais)

  1. frontal bone

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French frontal.

Adjective

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frontal m or n (feminine singular frontală, masculine plural frontali, feminine and neuter plural frontale)

  1. frontal

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite frontal frontală frontali frontale
definite frontalul frontala frontalii frontalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite frontal frontale frontali frontale
definite frontalului frontalei frontalilor frontalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin frontālis (“frontal”), from Latin frōns.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɾonˈtal/ [fɾõn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: fron‧tal

Adjective

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frontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frontales)

  1. frontal

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Noun

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frontal m (plural frontales)

  1. frontal bone
    Synonym: hueso frontal
  2. frontalis, frontalis muscle
    Synonym: músculo frontal
  3. headtorch
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Swedish

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Adjective

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frontal (not comparable)

  1. (usually in compounds) frontal
  2. (anatomy) frontal

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Inflection of frontal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular frontal — —
neuter singular frontalt — —
plural frontala — —
masculine plural2 frontale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 frontale — —
all frontala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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