different between frontal vs anterior

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??n.t?l/, /?f??n.tl?/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?f??n.tl?/, /?f??n.l?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?l, -?n?l

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin front?lis, from frons (“the forehead, brow, front”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to front +? -al; cognate of French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.

Adjective

frontal (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
   1. Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.

      Synonym: direct

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
3. (anatomy) Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
4. (zootomy) Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
5. (meteorology) Of or relating to a weather front.

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

• (humorous, about nudity) backal, sidal

Translations

Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of frontal bone.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Latin front?le (“a frontlet, metal band for the forehead”).

Noun

frontal (plural frontals)

2. (Christianity) A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
3. (architecture) The façade of a building.

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

From front +? -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /f?on?tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /f?un?tal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

frontal (masculine and feminine plural frontals)

1. frontal

Derived terms

• lòbul frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontals)

1. frontal bone

Synonyms

• os frontal

Related terms

• front

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from French frontal.

Adjective

frontal

1. frontal

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

From front +? -al; see also Medieval Latin frontalis, from Latin frons, as well as fronteau and frontail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???.tal/

Adjective

frontal (feminine singular frontale, masculine plural frontaux, feminine plural frontales)

1. frontal (relating to the forehead)

Derived terms

• collision frontale
• os frontal

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• frôlant, ronflât

Galician

Etymology

From fronte +? -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Adjective

frontal m or f (plural frontais)

1. frontal

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

1. (anatomy) the frontal bone

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??n?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

frontal (not comparable)

1. frontal

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From fronte +? -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /f?õ.?taw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /f?õ.?ta?/
• Hyphenation: fron?tal

Adjective

frontal m or f (plural frontais, comparable)

1. frontal

   Synonyms: fronteiro, anterior

Antonyms

• traseiro, posterior

Related terms

Noun

frontal m (plural frontais)

1. frontal bone

Hypernyms

• osso

Holonyms

• crânio

Coordinate terms

• occipital, parietal, temporal, esfenoide, etmoide

Romanian

Etymology

From French frontal.

Adjective

frontal m or n (feminine singular frontal?, masculine plural frontali, feminine and neuter plural frontale)

1. frontal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin frontalis (“frontal”), from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?on?tal/, [f?õn??t?al]
• Hyphenation: fron?tal
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

frontal (plural frontales)

1. frontal

Derived terms

Noun

frontal m (plural frontales)

1. frontal bone

   Synonym: hueso frontal

2. frontalis, frontalis muscle

   Synonym: músculo frontal

3. headtorch

Related terms

• frente

Further reading

• “frontal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• frontal on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

English

Alternative forms

• anteriour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /an?t??.?i.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æn?t??.i.?/
• Rhymes: -???i?(?)

Adjective

anterior (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
   1. (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
   2. (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
2. (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:former

Antonyms

• posterior

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

Related terms

• auricularis anterior
• past anterior

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• eritoran, erration, rationer

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?n.t?.?i?o/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /an.te.?i?o?/

Adjective

anterior (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)

1. anterior (before; preceding)
2. previous

Synonyms

• previ

Antonyms

• posterior

Derived terms

• anterioritat
• anteriorment

Further reading

• “anterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “anterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “anterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “anterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Adjective

anterior m or f (plural anteriores)

1. anterior, previous

   Synonyms: precedente, previo

   Antonym: posterior

2. (anatomy) anterior (nearer the forward end)

   Antonym: posterior

Derived terms

• anterioridade
• anteriormente

Further reading

• “anterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an?te??io???/
• Hyphenation: an?te?ri?or

Adjective

anterior (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) anterior

Declension

Further reading

• “anterior” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?énteros. Related to ante.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an?te.ri.or/, [än??t???i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an?te.ri.or/, [?n??t????i?r]

Adjective

anterior (neuter anterius, positive *anterus); third declension (Late Latin)

1. That is before, more forward, foremost; (of time) former, previous; anterior.

Inflection

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Related terms

• anterius (adverb)

Descendants

References

• anterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?te.?i.?o?/, [????.t?e.??.?o?]

Adjective

anterior (plural anteriores, comparable)

1. anterior
2. previous, preceding

Derived terms

• anterioridade
• anteriormente

Further reading

• “anterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior and French antérieur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.te.ri?or/

Adjective

anterior m or n (feminine singular anterioar?, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)

1. previous

   Synonym: precedent

   Antonym: urm?tor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ante??jo?/, [ãn?.t?e??jo?]

Adjective

anterior (plural anteriores)

1. anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past

   Synonym: previo

   Antonym: posterior

2. anterior (in space)

   Synonyms: delantero, frontal

   Antonym: posterior

Derived terms

Further reading

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