adj · 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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/ˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to or near the femur or thigh
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin femorālis, from Latin root femor-, from femur (genitive femoris). Equivalent to femur + -al.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
бедрен
(bedren)
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Catalan:
femoral
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Czech:
stehenní
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Czech:
femorální
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Finnish:
reisi-
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Finnish:
femoraalinen
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
French:
fémoral
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
German:
femoral
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
German:
Oberschenkel
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
German:
Schenkel
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
German:
femoralis
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Interlingua:
femoral
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Italian:
femorale
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Latin:
femorālis
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Portuguese:
femoral
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Russian:
бе́дренный
(bédrennyj)
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Spanish:
femoral
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
Volapük:
femurik
— of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh
