different between abdominal vs abhominal

English

Etymology

First attested in 1746. From New Latin abd?min?lis, from Latin abd?men. Equivalent to abdomen +? -al. Compare French abdominal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æb?d?m.?.nl?/, /?b?d?m.?.nl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?m.?.nl?/, /?b?d?m.?.nl?/
• Hyphenation: ab?dom?i?nal

Adjective

abdominal (comparative more abdominal, superlative most abdominal)

1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. [Mid 18^th century.]

2. (ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins. [Mid 19^th century.]
3. (ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin. [Late 19^th century.]
4. (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the abdomen): ventral

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

abdominal (plural abdominals)

1. (zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
2. (colloquial, usually plural only) An abdominal muscle. [Mid 20^th century.]

Synonyms

• (fish): Cypriniformes.

References

Catalan

Etymology

From New Latin abd?min?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?b.do.mi?nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?b.du.mi?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ab.do.mi?nal/

Adjective

abdominal (masculine and feminine plural abdominals)

1. abdominal

Related terms

• abdomen

French

Etymology

From New Latin abd?min?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.d?.mi.nal/
• Homophones: abdominale, abdominales

Adjective

abdominal (feminine singular abdominale, masculine plural abdominaux, feminine plural abdominales)

1. abdominal; of the abdomen.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From New Latin abd?min?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apdomi?na?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

Declension

Interlingua

Adjective

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

Related terms

• abdomine

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From New Latin abd?min?lis (“abdominal”), from Latin abd?men (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”) (with the suffix -?lis (forms adjectives), from Proto-Indo-European *-li-, possibly from *h?el- (“to grow, nourish”)), possibly from both abd? (“I hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *d? (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn? (creates action nouns or result nouns).

Equivalent to abdomen +? -al, first part from Latin abd?men (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”), possibly from both abd? (“I hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *d? (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn? (creates action nouns or result nouns). Last part from French -al (“-al”), from Middle French, from Old French -al, from Latin -?lis, from Proto-Indo-European *-li-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abd?m??n??l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Hyphenation: ab?do?mi?nal

Adjective

abdominal (neuter singular abdominalt, definite singular and plural abdominale, comparative mer abdominal, superlative mest abdominal)

1. (anatomy, medicine) abdominal (of or pertaining to the abdomen)

   abdominalt støttebelte ved brokk

   abdominal support belt for hernia

Related terms

• abdomen (“abdomen”)

See also

• bakkropp (“abdomen, hind body”)
• buk (“abdomen”)
• bukhule (“peritoneum”)

References

• “abdominal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abdominal” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin abd?min?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab(i)dom??na??/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a?ðom??na?/
• Hyphenation: ab?do?mi?nal

Adjective

abdominal m or f (plural abdominais, not comparable)

1. abdominal

Noun

abdominal m (plural abdominais)

1. sit-up

Related terms

• abdómen

Romanian

Etymology

From French abdominal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.do.mi?nal/

Adjective

abdominal m or n (feminine singular abdominal?, masculine plural abdominali, feminine and neuter plural abdominale)

1. abdominal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin abd?min?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdomi?nal/, [a??.ð?o.mi?nal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ab?do?mi?nal

Adjective

abdominal (plural abdominales)

1. abdominal

Noun

abdominal m (plural abdominales)

1. abdominal muscle
2. sit-up

Related terms

• abdomen

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

abdomen +? -al

Adjective

abdominal (not comparable)

1. abdominal

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin abhominalis, from ab (“away from”) + hominis (“man”), but in practice from English abominable, which was erroneously folk-etymologized as this word, leading to this spelling and abhominable, which see for more.

Adjective

abhominal (comparative more abhominal, superlative most abhominal)

1. (obsolete) Inhuman; obsolete form of abominable.
   • 1826, Thomas Wright (of Ludlow.), The history and antiquities of ... Ludlow; with lives of the presidents, and accounts of gentlemen's seats, &c, page 65:

     Tyrrel was, on the accession of Henry VII. arraigned, and after a full confession beheaded on Tower hill; and King Richard himself, "after this abhominal dede dooen never was quiet in his minde, he never ...

   • 1840, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, London : Printed for T. Tegg by J. Nichols, page 517:

     Reader, what could I have written more fully and freely in the cordial detestation of such abhominal* libels?

     […]

     *This is one of Fuller's humorous exemplifications of verbal criticisms, deriving our common word "abominable" from ab and homo, homonis, and thus converting it into the very expressive term abhominal, "unworthy of a man," "unmanly,", "inhuman."—EDIT.

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