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7-letter words (1 found)

FRONTAL,

6-letter words (3 found)

AFRONT,FONTAL,LATRON,

5-letter words (17 found)

ALOFT,FLOAT,FLORA,FLOTA,FRONT,LARNT,LORAN,NOTAL,ORANT,ROTAL,ROTAN,TALON,TOLAN,TOLAR,TONAL,TORAN,TRONA,

4-letter words (37 found)

AFRO,ALTO,FANO,FARL,FARO,FART,FLAN,FLAT,FLOR,FOAL,FONT,FORA,FORT,FRAT,LANT,LARN,LOAF,LOAN,LOFT,LORN,LOTA,NOTA,ORAL,RAFT,RANT,RATO,ROAN,ROLF,RONT,ROTA,ROTL,TARN,TARO,TOLA,TORA,TORN,TRON,

3-letter words (35 found)

AFT,ALF,ALT,ANT,ARF,ART,FAN,FAR,FAT,FON,FOR,FRA,FRO,LAR,LAT,LOR,LOT,NAT,NOR,NOT,OAF,OAR,OAT,OFT,ORA,ORF,ORT,RAN,RAT,ROT,TAN,TAO,TAR,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

AL,AN,AR,AT,FA,LA,LO,NA,NO,OF,ON,OR,TA,TO,

You can make 107 words from frontal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of frontal

frontal

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌn.təl/, /ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/, /ˈfɹʌn.l̩/
  • Rhymes: -ʌntəl, -ʌnəl

Etymology 1

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.

Adjective

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.
      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.
Coordinate terms
  • (humorous, about nudity) backal, sidal
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of frontal bone..
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

  2. (Christianity) A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
    Synonyms: antependium, forecloth
  3. (architecture) The façade of a building.
Translations

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [fɾunˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [fɾonˈtal]
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

frontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frontals)

  1. frontal

Derived terms

  • lòbul frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontals)

  1. frontal bone

Synonyms

  • os frontal

Related terms

  • front

Further reading

  • “frontal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “frontal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “frontal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from French frontal.

Adjective

frontal

  1. frontal

References

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔ̃.tal/

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) forehead; frontal

Derived terms

  • collision frontale
  • lobe frontal
  • os frontal

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • frôlant, ronflât

Galician

Etymology

From fronte +‎ -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Adjective

frontal m or f (plural frontais)

  1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

  1. (anatomy) the frontal bone

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔnˈtaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

frontal (strong nominative masculine singular frontaler, not comparable)

  1. frontal

Declension

Adverb

frontal

  1. head-on

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

frontal m or f (plural frontais)

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

Derived terms

  • frontalmente

Related terms

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

  1. frontal bone

Hypernyms

  • osso

Holonyms

  • crânio

Coordinate terms

  • occipital, parietal, temporal, esfenoide, etmoide

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French frontal.

Adjective

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

  1. frontal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

frontal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frontales)

  1. frontal

Derived terms

Noun

frontal m (plural frontales)

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

Related terms

Further reading

  • “frontal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • frontal on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es

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