How do you pronounce frontal?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/.

Where does frontal come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

frontal

/ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: frontal
IPA: /ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/

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Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.

adj

Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.

adj

Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.

adj

Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.

adj

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.

adj

Of or relating to a weather front.

noun

Ellipsis of frontal bone.

noun

A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.

Example Sentences

"a frontal attack"
"Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: frontālis, frountel, frontel, frontāle

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/
British English: /ˈfɹʌn.təl/

Inflected Forms

frontals (plural)

Derived Forms

abfrontal anterofrontal bifrontal centrofrontal cingulofrontal dorsofrontal ethmofrontal ethmoidofrontal frontality frontalization frontalize frontally

Phrases

frontal artery frontal bone frontal collision frontal eminence frontal lobe frontal lobeless frontal nerve frontal nudity

Frequently Paired Words

backal sidal

Synonyms

direct antependium forecloth head-on facade frontage frontlet

Rhymes With

prefrontal full-frontal orbitofrontal occipitofrontal nasofrontal superfrontal sphenofrontal interfrontal ethmofrontal parietofrontal subfrontal tunnel