Standard Lemma guide

abdominal

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /æbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈdɒm.ə.nl̩/
  • US: /æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/
  • US: /əbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 B D AA1 M AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • abdominal muscles
  • abdominal cavity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Ventral, in describing a fin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A fish of the order Abdominales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An abdominal muscle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

of or relating to or near the abdomen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • abdominal muscles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the muscles of the abdomen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abdominal muscle, ab

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skeletal muscle, striated muscle

Narrower terms: external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle, oblique, transversus abdominis muscle, transverse muscle of abdomen, musculus transversalis abdominis, transversus abdominis

History

Etymology

First attested in 1746. From New Latin abdōminālis, from Latin abdōmen. Equivalent to abdomin- + -al. Compare French abdominal.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَطْنِيّ (baṭniyy) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Asturian: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Belarusian: брушны́ (brušný) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Belarusian: чарэўны́ (čarewný) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Belarusian: абдаміна́льны (abdaminálʹny) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Bulgarian: абдомина́лен (abdominálen) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Bulgarian: коре́мен (korémen) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Catalan: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腹部的 (fùbù) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Czech: břišní — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Dutch: abdominaal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Dutch: buik- — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Finnish: vatsa- — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Finnish: abdominaali — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • French: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Galician: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • German: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • German: abdominell — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • German: Bauch- — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • German: Unterleib- — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Ancient Greek: ἠτριαῖος (ētriaîos) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Hungarian: hasi — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Hungarian: abdominális — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Interlingua: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Irish: abdómain — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Irish: boilg — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Irish: bolgach — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Italian: addominale — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Latin: abdōminālis — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Macedonian: абдомина́лен (abdominálen) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Macedonian: трбушен (trbušen) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Manx: y volgey — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Persian: شکمی (šekami) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Polish: brzuszny — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Polish: odwłokowy — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Polish: abdominalny — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Portuguese: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Romanian: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Russian: брюшно́й (brjušnój) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Russian: абдомина́льный (abdominálʹnyj) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Serbo-Croatian: тр̀бушнӣ — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Serbo-Croatian: tr̀bušnī — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Slovak: brušný — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Slovene: trebušen — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Spanish: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Swedish: abdominal — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Swedish: buk- — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Swedish: mag- — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Tagalog: pantiyan — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Turkish: karın ile ilgili — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Ukrainian: черевни́й (čerevnýj) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Ukrainian: абдоміна́льний (abdominálʹnyj) — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Welsh: abdomenol — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Zazaki: pizane — of or pertaining to the abdomen
  • Dutch: buikvinnig — having abdominal fins
  • Finnish: vatsaevällinen — having abdominal fins
  • Tagalog: pantiyan — having abdominal fins
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