Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spinal

/spaɪ.nəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
spinal
IPA
/spaɪ.nəl/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the spine.

adj

Of or relating to the spine.

adj

Of or relating to the spine.

noun

A spinal anesthesia.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis (“of or belonging to the spine”), from spīna (“a prickle, spine”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, spine + -al.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

spinals (plural)

Derived Forms

anospinal audiospinal bulbospinal cerebellospinal cerebrospinal cervicospinal ciliospinal coeruleospinal corticospinal craniospinal diencephalospinal dorsispinal

Phrases

anterior spinal artery syndrome spinal artery spinal board spinal butterfly ray spinal canal spinal column spinal cord spinal disc herniation

Frequently Paired Words

spondylo- vertebro-

Synonyms

spinal anesthesia spinal anaesthesia

Rhymes With

final vinyl vaginal semifinal polyvinyl steinle heinle vinal weinel intestinal doctrinal quarterfinal

Questions

How do you pronounce spinal?
The recorded pronunciation is /spaɪ.nəl/.
What does spinal mean?
Of or relating to the spine.
Where does spinal come from?
Borrowed from Late Latin spīnālis (“of or belonging to the spine”), from spīna (“a prickle, spine”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, spine + -al.

How to pronounce spinal

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