different between cerebral vs cerebrate

English

Etymology 1

From French cérébral, formed from the root of Latin cerebrum.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s??.?.b??l/, /s???i?.b??l/

Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Of, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
2. Intellectual rather than emotional.

   Coordinate term: visceral

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Calque of Sanskrit ???????? (m?rdhanya, “pertaining to the head”)

Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

1. (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.

Translations

Asturian

Etymology

cerebru +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?e???al/

Adjective

cerebral (epicene, plural cerebrales)

1. (anatomy, medicine) cerebral

Related terms

• cerebru

Catalan

Etymology

A learned formation from the root of Latin cerebrum and the suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?.???b?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /se.?e?b?al/

Adjective

cerebral (masculine and feminine plural cerebrals)

1. cerebral

Derived terms

• paràlisi cerebral

Related terms

• cervell

Danish

Etymology

From French cérébral (“cerebral”), from Latin cerebrum (“brain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ser?bra?l/, [ser??b?????l]

Adjective

cerebral

1. cerebral (of, or relating to the brain)

Inflection

Further reading

• “cerebral” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “cerebral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Portuguese

Etymology

From cérebro +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s??????a?/
• Hyphenation: ce?re?bral

Adjective

cerebral m or f (plural cerebrais, comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the brain or cerebral cortex of the brain; cerebral.

Related terms

• cérebro

Further reading

• “cerebral” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “cerebral” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “cerebral” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cerebral” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “cerebral” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “cerebral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French cérébral

Adjective

cerebral m or n (feminine singular cerebral?, masculine plural cerebrali, feminine and neuter plural cerebrale)

1. cerebral

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From cerebro +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?e?e?b?al/, [?e.?e????al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /se?e?b?al/, [se.?e????al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cerebral (plural cerebrales)

1. cerebral

Derived terms

Related terms

• cerebro

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin cerebrum (“brain”); likely Back-formation from cerebration.

Verb

cerebrate (third-person singular simple present cerebrates, present participle cerebrating, simple past and past participle cerebrated)

1. To think or cogitate, especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems.

Related terms

• cerebration
• cerebrative
• cerebral

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