frontal
/ˈfɹʌn.təl/US/ˈfɹʌn.tl̩/
frontal adjective: of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front. Also the ellipsis of frontal bone.
Adjective
frontal (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
- Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
- Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
- 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.
- Of or relating to a weather front.
Noun
frontal (plural frontals)
- A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
- Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism, page 27
- Synonyms:
- antependium, forecloth
- The façade of a building.
Also used as
frontal is also the ellipsis of frontal bone.
frontal meaning in Tagalog and Arabic
frontal in Tagalog
- of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone
- harapan, pangharap
frontal in Arabic
- of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone
- أَمَامِيّ ʔamāmiyy, جَبْهِيّ jabhiyy
Examples of frontal in a sentence
- The projections to the frontal lobe that are damaged in schizophrenia originate in the ventral tegmental area.
- Ferguson “separate but equal” doctrine wasn’t a frontal assault that dynamited precedent.
- They look at each other terrified out of their frontal lobeless minds and run.
Synonyms of frontal
Forms of frontal
| plural | frontals |
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Origin of frontal
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.
From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Latin frontāle (“a frontlet, metal band for the forehead”).
Words formed from frontal
- abfrontal
- anterofrontal
- bifrontal
- centrofrontal
- cingulofrontal
- dorsofrontal
- ethmofrontal
- ethmoidofrontal
- frontal artery
- frontal bone
- frontal collision
- frontal eminence
- frontality
- frontalization
- frontalize
- frontal lobe
- frontal lobeless
- frontally
- frontalmost
- frontal nerve
- frontal nudity
- frontaloccipital
- frontal plane
- frontal point
- frontal process
- frontal sinus
- frontal suture
- frontal wedgie
- fronto-
- frontofrontal
- full-frontal
- hyperfrontal
- hypofrontal
- inferofrontal
- interfrontal
- intrafrontal
- laterofrontal
- mediofrontal
- mesiofrontal
- mesofrontal
- midfrontal
- midorbitofrontal
- multifrontal
- nasofrontal
- occipitofrontal
- orbitofrontal
- palpebrofrontal
- parafrontal
- parietofrontal
- posterofrontal
- postfrontal
- postorbitofrontal
- prefrontal
- sphenofrontal
- striatofrontal
- subfrontal
- superfrontal
- temporofrontal
- ventrofrontal
- zygomaticofrontal
Phrases with frontal
- full frontal
- frontal bones
- frontal lobes
- frontal nerves
- frontal planes
- frontal points
- frontal sinuses
- frontal sutures
- frontal wedgies
- frontal arteries
- frontal eminences
- frontal processes
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Words that rhyme with frontal
Questions about frontal
- What does frontal mean?
- Frontal means of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
- What is frontal in Tagalog?
- Frontal in Tagalog is harapan, pangharap. See Frontal meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is frontal?
- Frontal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce frontal?
- Frontal is pronounced /ˈfɹʌn.təl/ (UK).
Words near frontal in the dictionary
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