hypoglossal

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhʌɪ.pə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒs.əl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhʌɪ.pə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒs.l̩/
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• General-American: /ˌhaɪ.pəˈɡlɑs.əl/
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• rhymes with -ɒsəl
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓťťā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ῠ̔πόγλωσσος (hŭpóglōssos)bor. New Latin hypoglōssus English -al English hypoglossal From New Latin hypoglōssus + -al, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πόγλωσσος (hŭpóglōssos, “under the tongue”), from ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “under, hypo-”) + γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix); equivalent to hypo- + glossal.

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: пад'язы́чны (padʺjazýčny) — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• Chinese Mandarin: 舌下的 (shéxiàde) — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• Estonian: keelealune — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• French: hypoglosse — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• Hungarian: nyelv alatti — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• Polish: podjęzykowy — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• Russian: подъязы́чный (podʺjazýčnyj) — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• Spanish: hipogloso — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• Ukrainian: під'язико́вий (pidʺjazykóvyj) — of or pertaining to the area under the tongue — see also sublingual
• Tagalog: kubdila — hypoglossal nerve