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mandibular

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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Received-Pronunciation: /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American: /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ɚ/
rhymes with -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET: M AE2 N D IH1 B Y UW0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the mandible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mandibulary

Antonyms: none provided

adjective

Meaning 2

relating to the lower jaw

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inframaxillary

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin mandibula + -ar. By surface analysis, mandible + -ar.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: mandibular — of or pertaining to the mandible
Chinese Mandarin: 下頜的 /下颌的 — of or pertaining to the mandible
Finnish: mandibulaarinen — of or pertaining to the mandible
French: mandibulaire — of or pertaining to the mandible
Galician: mandibular — of or pertaining to the mandible
German: mandibulär — of or pertaining to the mandible
Interlingua: mandibular — of or pertaining to the mandible
Irish: mandabail — of or pertaining to the mandible
Italian: mandibolare — of or pertaining to the mandible
Polish: żuchwowy — of or pertaining to the mandible
Portuguese: mandibular — of or pertaining to the mandible
Romanian: mandibular — of or pertaining to the mandible
Spanish: mandibular — of or pertaining to the mandible

Word forms

Inflections and variants

No separate word forms were provided.

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: branchiomandibular, buccomandibular, cerebrocostomandibular, circummandibular, coracomandibular, craniomandibular, hemimandibular, hyomandibular, hypomandibular, inframandibular, intermandibular, intramandibular, mandibular artery, mandibular canal, mandibular nerve, mandibular pheromone, mandibulo-, maxillomandibular, micromandibular, musculomandibular, nonmandibular, oromandibular, otomandibular, perimandibular, postmandibular, premandibular, preoperculomandibular, queen mandibular pheromone, retromandibular, sphenomandibular, stylomandibular, submandibular, temporomandibular, transmandibular, tympanomandibular

Related: mandibulary, mandibulate, mandible

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Meaning relationships

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