different between flank vs ventral

English

Alternative forms

• flanck (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Middle English flanc, from Late Old English flanc (“flank”), from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlank? (“bend, curve, hip, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible, sleek, bendsome”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle Low German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at lank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flæ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Verb

flank (third-person singular simple present flanks, present participle flanking, simple past and past participle flanked)

1. (transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
2. (transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
3. (transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
   • c. 1728, Christopher Pitt, Epistle to Mr. Spence

     Stately colonnades are flank'd with trees.

4. (intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).

Translations

Noun

flank (plural flanks)

1. (anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
2. (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
3. (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
4. (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
5. The side of something, in general senses.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII

     Cautiously I approached the flank of the cliffs, where they terminated in an abrupt escarpment as though some all powerful hand had broken off a great section of rock and set it upon the surface of the earth.

6. The outermost strip of a road.
7. (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
8. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

Synonyms

• (all senses): side
• (side of formation): wing

Derived terms

• (flesh between the last rib and the hip): flank steak

Translations

Adjective

flank (not comparable)

1. (US, nautical, of speed) Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.

English

Etymology

From French ventral, from Latin ventr?lis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?nt??l/

Adjective

ventral (not comparable)

1. Related to the abdomen or stomach.
2. (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
3. (anatomy) On or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand.

Antonyms

• dorsal

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

ventral (plural ventrals)

1. Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.

French

Etymology

From Latin ventr?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.t?al/
• Homophones: ventrale, ventrales

Adjective

ventral (feminine singular ventrale, masculine plural ventraux, feminine plural ventrales)

1. ventral

Related terms

• ventre

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?n?t?a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

ventral (not comparable)

1. ventral

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ventr?lis.

Adjective

ventral m or f (plural ventrais, comparable)

1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

Related terms

• ventre

Further reading

• “ventral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French ventral, from Latin ventralis.

Adjective

ventral m or n (feminine singular ventral?, masculine plural ventrali, feminine and neuter plural ventrale)

1. ventral

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ventr?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ben?t?al/, [b?n??t??al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ventral (plural ventrales)

1. ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
2. (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

Derived terms

• dorsoventral

Related terms

• vientre

Further reading

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