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sacral en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈseɪkɹəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsækɹəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Modern Latin sacrālis, from Latin sacrum (“sacred, holy”) + -ālis.

Meanings

  1. Of the sacrum.
  2. Sacred.
    • Compromise is awkward when religion is involved, and the several South Asian writing systems are considered sacral. 2005, Richard Oliver Collin, Revolutionary scripts: the politics of writing systems:
    • An old site with sacral connotations. 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 877:

Forms

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more sacral Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most sacral Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

caudosacral · nonsacral · uterosacral · sacral vertebra · rectosacral · sacral nerve · supersacral · spinosacral · presacral · urosacral · sacral dimple · lumbosacral · craniosacral · subsacral · cervicothoracolumbosacral · dorsosacral · sacrality · occipitosacral · parasacral · sacralgia · transsacral · suprasacral · vertebrosacral · sacralize · bulbosacral · extrasacral · sacrally · postsacral · iliosacral · ischiosacral

Translations (31)

hu keresztcsonti ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · bg на кръста ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · ca sacre ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · oc sacral ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · is spjald- ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · it sacrale ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · de sakral ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · bg обреден (sacred) · es sacral (sacred) · de Kreuzbein- ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · gl sacro ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · gl sacro (sacred) · ru сакра́льный ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · cs křížový ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · ru сакра́льный (sacred) · uk сакра́льний (sacred) · es sacro ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · pl krzyżowy ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · uk обрядо́вий (sacred) · pl sakralny (sacred) · is spjaldbeins- ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · oc sacral (sacred) · fr sacral ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · uk крижо́ви́й ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · fr sacral (sacred) · is spjaldhryggjar- ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · ru крестцо́вый ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · hu szakrális (sacred) · de sakral (sacred) · is krossliðs- ((anatomy) of the sacrum) · id sakral (sacred)

sacral en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈseɪkɹəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsækɹəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Modern Latin sacrālis, from Latin sacrum (“sacred, holy”) + -ālis.

Meanings

  1. Any of the sacral bones that make up the sacrum.

Forms

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sacrals Number=Plur lexicographic