noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/fɹʌntəl lɔʊːb/
General-American:[ˈfɹʌnːl̩ lɔʊːb]
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noun
Meaning 1
One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frontal cortex
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lobe
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
فص جبهي
— division of the cerebrum
Asturian:
lóbulu frontal
— division of the cerebrum
Azerbaijani:
alın payı
— division of the cerebrum
Catalan:
lòbul frontal
— division of the cerebrum
Chinese Cantonese:
額葉 /额叶
(ngaak6 jip6)
— division of the cerebrum
Chinese Mandarin:
額葉 /额叶
(éyè)
— division of the cerebrum
Czech:
čelní lalok
— division of the cerebrum
Danish:
frontallap
— division of the cerebrum
Dutch:
frontale kwab
— division of the cerebrum
Dutch:
frontale hersenkwab
— division of the cerebrum
Estonian:
otsmikusagar
— division of the cerebrum
Finnish:
otsalohko
— division of the cerebrum
Finnish:
frontaalilohko
— division of the cerebrum
French:
lobe frontal
— division of the cerebrum
Galician:
lobo frontal
— division of the cerebrum
German:
Frontallappen
— division of the cerebrum
Greek:
μετωπιαίος λοβός
(metopiaíos lovós)
— division of the cerebrum
Hebrew:
האונה המצחית
— division of the cerebrum
Hungarian:
homloklebeny
— division of the cerebrum
Icelandic:
ennisblað
— division of the cerebrum
Irish:
maothán tosaigh
— division of the cerebrum
Italian:
lobo frontale
— division of the cerebrum
Japanese:
前頭葉
(zentōyō)
— division of the cerebrum
Korean:
전두엽
(jeonduyeop)
— division of the cerebrum
Northern Kurdish:
navçavepil
— division of the cerebrum
Norwegian:
pannelapp
— division of the cerebrum
Persian:
لوب پیشانی
— division of the cerebrum
Polish:
płat czołowy
— division of the cerebrum
Portuguese:
lobo frontal
— division of the cerebrum
Romanian:
lob frontal
— division of the cerebrum
Russian:
ло́бная до́ля
(lóbnaja dólja)
— division of the cerebrum
Scottish Gaelic:
lobe aghaidh
— division of the cerebrum
Spanish:
lóbulo frontal
— division of the cerebrum
