English Explanatory Dictionary

frontal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
  2. Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
  3. Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  4. Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
  5. 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.
  6. Of or relating to a weather front.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of frontal bone.
noun
  1. A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
  2. The façade of a building.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹʌn.təl/ /ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frontal.wav /ˈfɹʌn.l̩/

Word forms

frontal frontals

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

direct antependium forecloth

Derived words

abfrontal anterofrontal bifrontal centrofrontal cingulofrontal dorsofrontal ethmofrontal ethmoidofrontal frontal artery frontal bone frontal eminence frontality frontalization frontalize frontal lobe frontal lobeless frontally frontalmost frontal nerve frontal nudity frontaloccipital frontal plane frontal point frontal process frontal sinus frontal suture frontal wedgie fronto- frontofrontal full-frontal hyperfrontal hypofrontal inferofrontal interfrontal intrafrontal laterofrontal mediofrontal mesiofrontal mesofrontal midfrontal midorbitofrontal multifrontal nasofrontal occipitofrontal orbitofrontal palpebrofrontal parafrontal parietofrontal posterofrontal postfrontal postorbitofrontal prefrontal sphenofrontal striatofrontal subfrontal superfrontal temporofrontal ventrofrontal zygomaticofrontal
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary