rostral

English

Etymology

From Latin rostrum.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑ.stɹəl/, /ˈɹɑ.ʃtɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒstɹəl

Adjective

rostral (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the rostrum.
2. Serving as a rostrum.

   rostral column

Antonyms

• caudal

Derived terms

• adrostral
• caudorostral
• dentirostral
• dorsorostral
• infrarostral
• mediorostral
• mesorostral
• nasorostral
• platyrostral
• postrostral
• prerostral
• rostral bone
• rostralization
• rostrally
• rostralmost
• rostral pars distalis
• rostralward
• rostralwards
• rostrolatus
• subrostral
• suprarostral
• ventrorostral

 

Translations

relating to the rostrum

• French: rostral (fr)
• Italian: rostrale (it)
• Portuguese: rostral
• Spanish: rostral

serving as a rostrum

• Polish: rostralny (pl)
• Portuguese: rostral

Noun

rostral (plural rostrals)

1. A scale in reptiles on the median plate of the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening.

French

Adjective

rostral (feminine rostrale, masculine plural rostraux, feminine plural rostrales)

1. rostral

Derived terms

• rostralement

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁosˈtɾaw/ [hosˈtɾaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁosˈtɾaw/ [hosˈtɾaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoʃˈtɾaw/ [χoʃˈtɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuʃˈtɾal/ [ʁuʃˈtɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuʃˈtɾal/ [ʁuʃˈtɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuʃˈtɾa.li/

• Hyphenation: ros‧tral

Adjective

rostral m or f (plural rostrais)

1. (anatomy) rostral (in the direction of the rostrum)
2. rostral (serving as a rostrum)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rostral, from Latin rostralis.

Adjective

rostral m or n (feminine singular rostrală, masculine plural rostrali, feminine and neuter plural rostrale)

1. rostral

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	rostral		rostrală		rostrali	rostrale
	definite	rostralul		rostrala		rostralii	rostralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	rostral		rostrale		rostrali	rostrale
	definite	rostralului		rostralei		rostralilor	rostralelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rosˈtɾal/ [rosˈt̪ɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ros‧tral

Adjective

rostral m or f (masculine and feminine plural rostrales)

1. (anatomy) rostral

Further reading

• “rostral”, 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