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neural

adj · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈnʊɹəl/
  • General-American: /ˈnɝəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnjʊəɹəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ˈnjəɹəl/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈnjʉːɹəl/
  • rhymes with -ʊəɹəl
  • CMU ARPABET: N UH1 R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: N Y UH1 R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • neural connections
  • neural interface

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neuronal

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to neurons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • neural network

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neuronal, neuronic

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to the nervous system

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • nervous disease
  • neural disorder

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nervous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) + -al.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: нервен (nerven) — of or relating to the nerves
  • Bulgarian: на нервите (na nervite) — of or relating to the nerves
  • Catalan: neural — of or relating to the nerves
  • Dutch: neuraal — of or relating to the nerves
  • Finnish: hermostollinen — of or relating to the nerves
  • Finnish: neuraalinen — of or relating to the nerves
  • Finnish: neuro- — of or relating to the nerves
  • French: neural — of or relating to the nerves
  • Galician: neural — of or relating to the nerves
  • German: neural — of or relating to the nerves
  • Hindi: तंत्रिकीय (tantrikīya) — of or relating to the nerves
  • Indonesian: neural — of or relating to the nerves
  • Irish: néarógach — of or relating to the nerves
  • Italian: neurale — of or relating to the nerves
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nevral — of or relating to the nerves
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nevral — of or relating to the nerves
  • Portuguese: neural — of or relating to the nerves
  • Spanish: neural — of or relating to the nerves
  • Swedish: nerv- — of or relating to the nerves
  • Swedish: neural — of or relating to the nerves
  • Bulgarian: невронен (nevronen) — modelled on the arrangement of neurons
  • Catalan: neural — modelled on the arrangement of neurons
  • Finnish: neuraalinen — modelled on the arrangement of neurons
  • Finnish: neuro- — modelled on the arrangement of neurons
  • Hindi: तंत्रिकीय (tantrikīya) — modelled on the arrangement of neurons
  • Indonesian: neural — modelled on the arrangement of neurons
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