adj · noun · 5 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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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/
Received-Pronunciation:/sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/
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General-American:/ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl
rhymes with -aɪkəl
CMU ARPABET:S ER1 V AH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:S ER1 V IH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, relational
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
cervical pain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to the cervix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, relational
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
cervical cancer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or associated with the neck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
cervical cancer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cervīx Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis New Latin cervīcālislbor. French cervicalbor. English cervical Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, cervic- + -al.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
шы́йны
(šýjny)
— of the neck
Catalan:
cervical
— of the neck
Chinese Mandarin:
頸的 /颈的
(jǐng de)
— of the neck
Czech:
krční
— of the neck
Czech:
šíjový
— of the neck
Esperanto:
kola
— of the neck
Finnish:
kaula-
— of the neck
Finnish:
kaulan
— of the neck
French:
cervical
— of the neck
Galician:
cervical
— of the neck
Hungarian:
nyaki
— of the neck
Irish:
muineálach
— of the neck
Central Kurdish:
ملی
(mlî)
— of the neck
Polish:
szyjny
— of the neck
Portuguese:
cervical
— of the neck
Russian:
ше́йный
(šéjnyj)
— of the neck
Russian:
заты́лочный
(zatýločnyj)
— of the neck
Spanish:
cervical
— of the neck
Ukrainian:
ши́йний
(šýjnyj)
— of the neck
Vietnamese:
(thuộc) cổ
— of the neck
Vietnamese:
cảnh
— of the neck
Catalan:
cervical
— of the cervix
Chinese Mandarin:
子宮頸的 /子宫颈的
(zǐgōngjǐng de)
— of the cervix
Esperanto:
uterkola
— of the cervix
Finnish:
kohdunkaula-
— of the cervix
Finnish:
kohdunkaulan
— of the cervix
French:
cervical
— of the cervix
German:
zervikal
— of the cervix
Hungarian:
méhnyaki
— of the cervix
Irish:
ceirbheacsach
— of the cervix
Italian:
cervicale
— of the cervix
Portuguese:
cervical
— of the cervix
Russian:
цервика́льный
(cervikálʹnyj)
— of the cervix