different between cranial vs fontanelle

English

Etymology

From cranium +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?e?.ni.?l/
• Rhymes: -e?ni?l

Adjective

cranial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
2. (anatomy) Synonym of cephalic.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “cranial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “cranial”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• carinal, clarain

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?a?njal]

Adjective

cranial (epicene, plural craniales)

1. (anatomy) cranial

Related terms

• craniu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k??.ni?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /k?a.ni?al/

Etymology

From crani +? -al.

Adjective

cranial (masculine and feminine plural cranials)

1. cranial

Related terms

• crani

Further reading

• “cranial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Alternative forms

• crânial

Adjective

cranial (feminine singular craniale, masculine plural craniaux, feminine plural craniales)

1. cranial

Galician

Adjective

cranial m or f (plural craniais)

1. cranial

Related terms

• cranio

Interlingua

Adjective

cranial (not comparable)

1. cranial

Related terms

• cranio

Romanian

Etymology

From German kranial

Adjective

cranial m or n (feminine singular cranial?, masculine plural craniali, feminine and neuter plural craniale)

1. cranial

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• fontanel

Etymology

Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle.

Noun

fontanelle (plural fontanelles)

1. (anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.

Synonyms

• soft spot

Translations

Further reading

• fontanelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Old French fontenelle.

Noun

fontanelle f (plural fontanelles)

1. fontanelle

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lle

Noun

fontanelle f

1. plural of fontanella