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8-letter words (1 found)

CERVICAL,

7-letter words (5 found)

CALIVER,CAVILER,CLAVIER,VALERIC,VELARIC,

6-letter words (13 found)

CALVER,CARCEL,CARVEL,CAVIER,CELIAC,CERCAL,CICALE,CIRCLE,CLAVER,CLAVIE,CLERIC,ECLAIR,LACIER,

5-letter words (41 found)

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4-letter words (67 found)

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3-letter words (32 found)

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2-letter words (10 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 170 words from cervical according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cervical

cervical

Etymology

Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/, /sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl, -aɪkəl

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.
  2. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.

Coordinate terms

  • (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]

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Translations

Noun

cervical (plural cervicals)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.

References

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Adjective

cervical (feminine cervicale, masculine plural cervicaux, feminine plural cervicales)

  1. cervical

Derived terms

  • vertèbre cervicale

Descendants

  • → English: cervical

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

  1. (anatomy) cervical

Derived terms

  • vértebra cervical

Interlingua

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

  1. cervical

Related terms

  • cervice

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cervīcāle

Etymology

Apocopated from cervīcāle, nominative neuter singular of cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kerˈu̯iː.kal/, [kɛrˈu̯iːkäɫ̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃerˈvi.kal/, [t͡ʃerˈviːkäl]

Noun

cervīcal n (genitive cervīcālis); third declension

  1. a pillow, cushion, bolster
    Synonyms: pulvīnus, culcita

Inflection

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Related terms

  • cervīcālis

References

  • “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cervical in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cervical in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cervical”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cervical”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -al). By surface analysis, cérvice +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

  1. (anatomy) cervical (relating to the cervix or neck)

Related terms

  • cérvice
  • cerviz

Noun

cervical f (plural cervicais)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of vértebra cervical.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cervical.

Adjective

cervical m or n (feminine singular cervicală, masculine plural cervicali, feminine and neuter plural cervicale)

  1. cervical

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvix +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾbiˈkal/ [θeɾ.β̞iˈkal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾbiˈkal/ [seɾ.β̞iˈkal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

cervical m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervicales)

  1. cervical

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “cervical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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