cervical

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/, /sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl, -aɪkəl

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.

   cervical pain

2. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.

   cervical cancer

Coordinate terms

• (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

• buccocervical
• cervical artery
• cervical canal
• cervical cancer
• cervical cap
• cervical collar
• cervical conization
• cervical enamel
• cervical ganglion
• cervically
• cervical nerve
• cervical plexus
• cervical smear
• cervical spine
• cervical vertebra
• cervico-
• costocervical
• craniocervical
• distocervical
• dorsocervical
• ectocervical
• endocervical
• exocervical
• extracervical
• faciocervical
• inferior cervical ganglion
• intracervical
• labiocervical
• laterocervical
• linguocervical
• midcervical
• middle cervical ganglion
• noncervical
• occipitocervical
• orocervical
• paracervical
• postcervical
• pubocervical
• retrocervical
• scending cervical artery
• spinocervical
• superior cervical ganglion
• supracervical
• syncervical
• thoracocervical
• thyrocervical
• transcervical
• transverse cervical artery
• trigeminocervical
• ureterocervical
• uterocervical
• vaginocervical
• vesicocervical

 

Translations

of the neck

• Belarusian: шы́йны (šýjny)
• Catalan: cervical (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頸的／颈的 (zh) (jǐng de)

• Czech: krční (cs)
• Esperanto: kola (eo)
• Finnish: kaula-, kaulan
• French: cervical (fr)
• Galician: cervical (gl)
• Hungarian: nyaki (hu)
• Irish: muineálach
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ملی (mlî)

• Polish: szyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: cervical
• Russian: ше́йный (ru) (šéjnyj), заты́лочный (ru) (zatýločnyj) (occipital)
• Spanish: cervical
• Ukrainian: ши́йний (šýjnyj)
• Vietnamese: (thuộc) cổ (vi), cảnh (vi)

of the cervix

• Catalan: cervical (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宮頸的／子宫颈的 (zh) (zǐgōngjǐng de)

• Esperanto: uterkola
• Finnish: kohdunkaula-, kohdunkaulan
• French: cervical (fr)
• German: zervikal (de)
• Hungarian: méhnyaki (hu)
• Irish: ceirbheacsach
• Italian: cervicale (it)
• Portuguese: cervical
• Russian: цервика́льный (ru) (cervikálʹnyj)
• Spanish: cervical

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• Czech: ^{(please verify)} krční (cs)

Noun

cervical (plural cervicals)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.

References

• “cervical”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cervical”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Adjective

cervical (feminine cervicale, masculine plural cervicaux, feminine plural cervicales)

1. cervical

Derived terms

• vertèbre cervicale

Descendants

• → English: cervical

Further reading

• “cervical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) cervical

Derived terms

• vértebra cervical

Interlingua

Adjective

cervical (not comparable)

1. cervical

Related terms

• cervice

Latin

Alternative forms

• cervīcāle

Etymology

Apocopated from cervīcāle, nominative neuter singular of cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kerˈu̯iː.kal/, [kɛrˈu̯iːkäɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈvi.kal/, [t͡ʃerˈviːkäl]

Noun

cervīcal n (genitive cervīcālis); third declension

1. a pillow, cushion, bolster

   Synonyms: pulvīnus, culcita

   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 6.16.16:

     Cervicalia capitibus imposita linteis constringunt; id munimentum adversus incidentia fuit.

     They tied down pillows placed upon their heads with linen clothes; that was their protection against falling debris.

Inflection

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	cervīcal	cervīcālia
genitive	cervīcālis	cervīcālium
dative	cervīcālī	cervīcālibus
accusative	cervīcal	cervīcālia
ablative	cervīcālī	cervīcālibus
vocative	cervīcal	cervīcālia

Related terms

• cervīcālis

References

• “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cervical in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cervical in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cervical”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cervical”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -al). By surface analysis, cérvice +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seɦ.viˈkaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seɦ.viˈkaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾ.viˈkaw/ [seɾ.viˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seʁ.viˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.viˈkaw/ [seɻ.viˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.viˈkal/ [sɨɾ.viˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.viˈkal/ [sɨɾ.viˈkaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.biˈkal/ [sɨɾ.βiˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.viˈka.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) cervical (relating to the cervix or neck)

Related terms

• cérvice
• cerviz

Noun

cervical f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of vértebra cervical.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cervical.

Adjective

cervical m or n (feminine singular cervicală, masculine plural cervicali, feminine and neuter plural cervicale)

1. cervical

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	cervical		cervicală		cervicali	cervicale
	definite	cervicalul		cervicala		cervicalii	cervicalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	cervical		cervicale		cervicali	cervicale
	definite	cervicalului		cervicalei		cervicalilor	cervicalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvix +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾbiˈkal/ [θeɾ.β̞iˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾbiˈkal/ [seɾ.β̞iˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cer‧vi‧cal

Adjective

cervical m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervicales)

1. cervical

Derived terms

• latigazo cervical
• tirocervical
• vértebra cervical

 

Related terms

• cervico-
• cérvix
• cerviz

 

Further reading

• “cervical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28