dorsal

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Contents

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  1 English
  
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    1.1 Etymology
    
  
  
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    1.2 Pronunciation
    
  
  
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    1.3 Adjective
    
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      1.3.1 Antonyms
      
    
    
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      1.3.2 Coordinate terms
      
    
    
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      1.3.3 Derived terms
      
    
    
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      1.3.4 Related terms
      
    
    
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      1.3.5 Translations
      
    
    
  
  
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    1.4 Noun
    
  
  
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    1.5 Anagrams
    
  
  


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  2 Catalan
  
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    2.1 Adjective
    
  
  


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  3 French
  
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    3.1 Adjective
    
  
  
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    3.2 Further reading
    
  
  


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  4 German
  
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    4.1 Pronunciation
    
  
  
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    4.2 Adjective
    
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      4.2.1 Declension
      
    
    
  
  


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  5 Portuguese
  
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    5.1 Adjective
    
  
  


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  6 Spanish
  
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    6.1 Adjective
    
  
  
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    6.2 Noun
    
  
  

English

Etymology

From Middle English dorsal, dorsale, from Medieval Latin dorsālis (“of or relating to the back”).

Pronunciation

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  (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɹsəl/
  


• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
  

Adjective

dorsal (comparative more dorsal, superlative most dorsal)

1. 
   (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.


2. 
   (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.


3. 
   (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.


4. 
   (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.


5. 
   (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.


6. 
   (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

Antonyms

• ventral

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine)[edit]}


• 
  (linguistics): labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal
  

Derived terms

• dorsal fin


• dorsally


• lumbodorsal

Related terms

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  endorse, indorse
  

Translations

relating to the side in which the backbone is located

Bulgarian: гръбен (grǎben) Catalan: dorsal Finnish: selänpuoleinen Malay: belakang, dorsum, dorsal

Portuguese: dorsal (pt) Russian: спинно́й (ru) (spinnój) Tagalog: panlikod, likuran

of a knife: having only one sharp side

Bulgarian: едноостър (ednoostǎr) Finnish: yksiteräinen

Russian: единоо́стрый (jedinoóstryj)

relating to the top surface of foot or hand

Finnish: dorsaalinen (fi) Portuguese: dorsal (pt)

Russian: ты́льный (ru) (týlʹnyj)

linguistics: produced using the dorsum of the tongue

Armenian: միջնալեզվային (hy) (miǰnalezvayin) Finnish: dorsaalinen (fi)

Georgian: უკანაენისმიერი (uḳanaenismieri), დორსალური (dorsaluri), გუტურალური (guṭuraluri) Russian: среднеязы́чный (ru) (srednejazýčnyj), дорса́льный (ru) (dorsálʹnyj)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Catalan: dorsal German: dorsal (de)

Spanish: dorsal (es)

Noun

dorsal (plural dorsals)

1. 
   (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.


2. In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.


3. 
   (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

Anagrams

• lardos

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Catalan

Adjective

dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)

1. dorsal

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French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

dorsal

Wikipedia ^fr

Adjective

dorsal (feminine singular dorsale, masculine plural dorsaux, feminine plural dorsales)

1. dorsal

Further reading

• “dorsal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): /dɔʁˈzaːl/
  


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• Rhymes: -aːl
  

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

1. dorsal

Declension

Declension of dorsal

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist dorsal	sie ist dorsal	es ist dorsal	sie sind dorsal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	dorsaler	dorsale	dorsales	dorsale
	genitive	dorsalen	dorsaler	dorsalen	dorsaler
	dative	dorsalem	dorsaler	dorsalem	dorsalen
	accusative	dorsalen	dorsale	dorsales	dorsale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der dorsale	die dorsale	das dorsale	die dorsalen
	genitive	des dorsalen	der dorsalen	des dorsalen	der dorsalen
	dative	dem dorsalen	der dorsalen	dem dorsalen	den dorsalen
	accusative	den dorsalen	die dorsale	das dorsale	die dorsalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein dorsaler	eine dorsale	ein dorsales	(keine) dorsalen
	genitive	eines dorsalen	einer dorsalen	eines dorsalen	(keiner) dorsalen
	dative	einem dorsalen	einer dorsalen	einem dorsalen	(keinen) dorsalen
	accusative	einen dorsalen	eine dorsale	ein dorsales	(keine) dorsalen

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Portuguese

Adjective

dorsal m, f (plural dorsais, comparable)

1. 
   (anatomy) dorsal (of the back)
   


2. 
   (anatomy) dorsal (of the top surface of a hand or foot)
   

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Spanish

Adjective

dorsal (plural dorsales)

1. 
   (anatomy) dorsal
   

Noun

dorsal m (plural dorsales)

1. ridge