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jugular en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.əl.ɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.lɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.ɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈd͡ʒu.ɡjəl.ɚ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum + -ar.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, relational) Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
  2. (not-comparable, relational) Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat. ▸ Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.
  3. (not-comparable, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
  4. (humorous, not-comparable, relational) Relating to juggling.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jugulary alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

jugulo- · transjugular · intrajugular · jugular foramen · jugular notch · hepatojugularometer · abdominojugular · jugular vein · jugular trunk · hepatojugular · jugular venous pressure

Translations (18)

fr jugulaire (relating to the neck or throat) · cs jugulární (relating to the neck or throat) · cmn 頸靜脈的 /颈静脉的 (relating to the jugular vein) · gl xugular (relating to the neck or throat) · cmn 頸的 /颈的 (relating to the neck or throat) · pl szyjny (relating to the neck or throat) · es yugular (relating to the neck or throat) · bg отнасящ се до шията (relating to the neck or throat) · cs hrdelní (relating to the neck or throat) · pt jugular (relating to the neck or throat) · ca jugular (relating to the neck or throat) · nl jugulair (relating to the neck or throat) · fi kaula- (relating to the neck or throat) · mr गल- (relating to the neck or throat) · io faucala (relating to the neck or throat) · ru ше́йный (relating to the neck or throat) · cs krční (relating to the neck or throat) · el τραχηλικός (relating to the neck or throat)

jugular en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.əl.ɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.lɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.ɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈd͡ʒu.ɡjəl.ɚ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum + -ar.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-plural, rare) Ellipsis of jugular vein.
  2. (broadly, in-plural, rare) Any critical vulnerability.
    • It was vicious; he went for the jugular.
    • One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular […]. 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 83:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jugulars Number=Plur lexicographic
jugulary alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

go for the jugular

Translations (1)

fi akilleenkantapää (critical vulnerability)