different between dorsal vs abaxial

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??s?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s?l

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
• dorsal root
• lumbodorsal

Related terms

• endorse, indorse

Translations

Noun

dorsal (plural dorsals)

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

1. In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
2. (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

Anagrams

• lardos

Catalan

Adjective

dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)

1. dorsal

Derived terms

• aleta dorsal

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin dorsum with adjective-forming suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.sal/

Adjective

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

1. dorsal

Descendants

• ? Dutch: dorsaal

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???za?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

1. dorsal

Declension

Interlingua

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

1. dorsal

Portuguese

Adjective

dorsal m or f (plural dorsais, comparable)

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French dorsal

Adjective

dorsal m or n (feminine singular dorsal?, masculine plural dorsali, feminine and neuter plural dorsale)

1. dorsal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dors?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??sal/, [d?o??sal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

dorsal (plural dorsales)

1. (anatomy) dorsal

Derived terms

• aleta dorsal
• espina dorsal
• toracodorsal

Noun

dorsal m (plural dorsales)

1. ridge

Derived terms

• dorsal ancho

Related terms

• dorso

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• abaxile

Etymology

ab- (“away from”) +? axial (“axis”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?bæk.si.?l/ or IPA^(key): /æb?æk.si.?l/
• Hyphenation US: ab?ax?i?al, UK: ab?ax?ial

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. [Mid 19^th century.]
2. Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.

Synonyms

• (on the back of an animal): dorsal
• eccentric

Antonyms

• adaxial

Translations

References

Catalan

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

abaxial (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

Further reading

• “abaxial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “abaxial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bak.sjal/

Adjective

abaxial (plural abaxials)

1. abaxial

Galician

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)

1. abaxial

German

Etymology

From ab- +? axial, or rather from ab- + axial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap?a?ksi?a?l/

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

1. abaxial

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /abak(i)si?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???k?sjal/

Adjective

abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais, comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abak?sjal/

Adjective

abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxial?, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine and neuter plural abaxiale)

1. abaxial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From ab- +? axial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba??sjal/, [a.??a???sjal]
• Hyphenation: a?ba?xial

Adjective

abaxial (plural abaxiales)

1. abaxial