Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parietal

/pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
pari-etal
IPA
/pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

adj

Of or relating to the parietal bones.

adj

Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.

adj

Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

noun

Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.

noun

Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.

noun

A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.

noun

Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more parietal (comparative) most parietal (superlative) parietals (plural)

Derived Forms

antiparietal biparietal capsuloparietal centroparietal dorsoparietal epiparietal extraparietal frontoparietal gastroparietal ilioparietal inferoparietal interparietal

Phrases

parietal art parietal bone parietal cell parietal foramen parietal lobe parietal pleura

Questions

How do you pronounce parietal?
The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/.
What does parietal mean?
Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
Where does parietal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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