adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to a rib.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
costal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈkɑstl̩/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒstl̩/
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rhymes with -ɒstəl
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to a costa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Pertaining to a costa.
Pertaining to the costa or to the wing areas next to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of saco, a historical Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: saco
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or near a rib
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
From French costal and its etymon Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. By surface analysis, costa + -al. Piecewise doublet of coastal.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ضِلْعِيّ (ḍilʕiyy) — pertaining to a rib
- Belarusian: рэ́берны (rébjerny) — pertaining to a rib
- Bulgarian: ре́брен (rébren) — pertaining to a rib
- Catalan: costal — pertaining to a rib
- Chinese Mandarin: 肋骨 (lèigǔ) — pertaining to a rib
- Chinese Mandarin: 肋骨的 (lèigǔ de) — pertaining to a rib
- Czech: žeberní — pertaining to a rib
- Czech: kostální — pertaining to a rib
- French: costal — pertaining to a rib
- German: Rippen- — pertaining to a rib
- Hungarian: bordai — pertaining to a rib
- Ido: kostala — pertaining to a rib
- Italian: costale — pertaining to a rib
- Macedonian: ребрен (rebren) — pertaining to a rib
- Polish: żebrowy — pertaining to a rib
- Portuguese: costal — pertaining to a rib
- Romanian: costal — pertaining to a rib
- Russian: рёберный (rjóbernyj) — pertaining to a rib
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏ба̄лнӣ — pertaining to a rib
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍbālnī — pertaining to a rib
- Slovak: rebrový — pertaining to a rib
- Slovene: obalni — pertaining to a rib
- Spanish: costal — pertaining to a rib
- Ukrainian: ребе́рний (rebérnyj) — pertaining to a rib
Real reading context