rectal

English

Etymology

From rectum +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛk.təl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rec‧tal

Adjective

rectal (not comparable)

1. Of, via or related to the rectum.

   The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam.

   • 2009, “THAT'S THAT”, in BORN LIKE THIS, performed by DOOM:

     Give a MC a rectal hysterectomy / Lecture on removal of the bowels, foul technically

Synonyms

• anal

Derived terms

• per-rectal
• rectal sex
• rectal varicosity

 

Translations

Of, via or related to the rectum

• Bulgarian: на правото черво (na pravoto červo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直腸 / 直肠 (zh) (zhícháng)

• Dutch: rectaal (nl), rectum-
• Finnish: peräsuoli-
• French: rectal (fr)
• German: rektal (de)
• Hebrew: רקטלי
• Irish: reicteach
• Italian: rettale (it)
• Polish: doodbytniczy (pl), rektalny
• Portuguese: retal
• Russian: прямокише́чный (ru) (prjamokišéčnyj), ректа́льный (ru) (rektálʹnyj)
• Slovene: rektálen
• Spanish: rectal (es)
• Swedish: ändtarms-, rektal (sv)
• Ukrainian: прямокишкови́й m (prjamokyškovýj)

Noun

rectal (plural rectals)

1. (informal) Ellipsis of rectal examination.
   • 1988, Judith Campbell, J. Golick, Sexuality: An Education Resource Book, page 53:

     Most doctors feel a rectal examination is unnecessary following a full pelvic examination, so that rectals are not routinely performed on women.

Derived terms

• digital rectal examination (DRE)

 

Anagrams

• Claret, arclet, cartel, claret, lacert

Catalan

Etymology

From recte +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəkˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [rekˈtal]

Adjective

rectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectals)

1. rectal

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛk.tal/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: rectale, rectales

Adjective

rectal (feminine rectale, masculine plural rectaux, feminine plural rectales)

1. rectal

   Les douaniers lui ont infligé une fouille rectale

   The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cartel, clarté, tacler

Interlingua

Adjective

rectal (not comparable)

1. rectal

Portuguese

Adjective

rectal m or f (plural rectais, not comparable)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of retal. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rectal.

Adjective

rectal m or n (feminine singular rectală, masculine plural rectali, feminine and neuter plural rectale)

1. rectal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	rectal		rectală		rectali	rectale
	definite	rectalul		rectala		rectalii	rectalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	rectal		rectale		rectali	rectale
	definite	rectalului		rectalei		rectalilor	rectalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡˈtal/ [reɣ̞ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: rec‧tal

Adjective

rectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural rectales)

1. rectal

Further reading

• “rectal”, 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