adj · 3 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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/ˈkɹeɪ.ni.əl/
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rhymes with -eɪniəl
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adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Synonym of cephalic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cephalic
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
cranial pressure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From cranium + -al. By surface analysis, crani- + -al.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
جُمْجُمِيّ
(jumjumiyy)
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Asturian:
cranial
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Belarusian:
чарапны́
(čarapný)
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Bulgarian:
че́репен
(čérepen)
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Catalan:
cranial
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Catalan:
cranià
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Czech:
lebeční
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Esperanto:
krania
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
French:
crânien
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Galician:
cranial
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
German:
kranial
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
German:
Schädel-
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Irish:
cráiniach
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Irish:
blaoisce
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Italian:
cranico
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Macedonian:
черепен
(čerepen)
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Polish:
czaszkowy
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Portuguese:
craniano
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Portuguese:
cranial
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Romanian:
cranian
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Romanian:
cranial
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Russian:
черепно́й
(čerepnój)
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Russian:
краниа́льный
(kraniálʹnyj)
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Serbo-Croatian:
лу̀бањскӣ
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Serbo-Croatian:
lùbanjskī
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Slovak:
lebečný
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Slovene:
lobanjski
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Spanish:
craneal
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Tagalog:
bunguin
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Tagalog:
pamungo
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Ukrainian:
черепни́й
(čerepnýj)
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
Volapük:
kranik
— of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull
