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cerebrum

noun · 2 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: /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /səˈɹi.bɹəm/
  • General-American: /ˈsɛɹ.əb.ɹəm/
  • rhymes with -ɛɹɪbɹəm
  • rhymes with -iːbɹəm

1

noun

Meaning 1

The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telencephalon

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: neural structure

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cerebrum, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain; a skull”); see there for more.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գլխուղեղ (glxuġeġ) — principal part of the brain
  • Bulgarian: главен мозък (glaven mozǎk) — principal part of the brain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大腦 /大脑 (dànǎo) — principal part of the brain
  • Czech: koncový mozek — principal part of the brain
  • Danish: storhjerne — principal part of the brain
  • Dutch: telencephalon — principal part of the brain
  • Esperanto: grandcerbo — principal part of the brain
  • Finnish: isot aivot — principal part of the brain
  • Finnish: isotaivot — principal part of the brain
  • French: telencéphale — principal part of the brain
  • German: Großhirn — principal part of the brain
  • Greek: εγκέφαλος (egkéfalos) — principal part of the brain
  • Hindi: प्रमस्तिष्क (pramastiṣk) — principal part of the brain
  • Hungarian: nagyagy — principal part of the brain
  • Icelandic: hjarni — principal part of the brain
  • Ingrian: suur aivo — principal part of the brain
  • Irish: ceirbream — principal part of the brain
  • Japanese: 大脳 (dainō) — principal part of the brain
  • Kalmyk: тарг (targ) — principal part of the brain
  • Kazakh: соңғы ми (soñğy mi) — principal part of the brain
  • Northern Kurdish: mejî — principal part of the brain
  • Latin: cerebrum — principal part of the brain
  • Latin: telencephalon — principal part of the brain
  • Malay: serebrum — principal part of the brain
  • Māori: roronui — principal part of the brain
  • Māori: roro hiringa — principal part of the brain
  • Mongolian: их тархи (ix tarxi) — principal part of the brain
  • Norwegian Bokmål: storhjerne — principal part of the brain
  • Polish: kresomózgowie — principal part of the brain
  • Portuguese: telencéfalo — principal part of the brain
  • Russian: коне́чный мозг (konéčnyj mozg) — principal part of the brain
  • Spanish: telencéfalo — principal part of the brain
  • Swedish: storhjärna — principal part of the brain
  • Tagalog: malaking-utak — principal part of the brain
  • Tagalog: utak-pang-isip — principal part of the brain
  • Telugu: పెద్దమెదడు (peddamedaḍu) — principal part of the brain
  • Telugu: బృహన్మస్తిష్కము (br̥hanmastiṣkamu) — principal part of the brain
  • Vietnamese: đại não — principal part of the brain