Standard Lemma guide

cervical

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/
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  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Spanish: cervical — of the cervix