adj · noun · 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.
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Pronunciation
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ŏk-sĭp'-ĭt-əl
Received-Pronunciation:/ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.əl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.l̩/
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General-American:/ɑkˈsɪp.ət.l̩/
rhymes with -ɪpɪtəl
CMU ARPABET:AA0 K S IH1 P AH0 T AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of occipital bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An occipital scale in reptiles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to the occiput
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
occipital bone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput + -al. Doublet of occipitalis.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
тилов
(tilov)
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Bulgarian:
на тила
(na tila)
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Catalan:
occipital
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Chinese Mandarin:
枕的
(zhěn de)
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Czech:
týlní
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Czech:
okcipitální
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Dutch:
occipitaal
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Finnish:
takaraivo-
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Finnish:
takaraivonluu-
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
French:
occipital
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Galician:
occipital
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Greek:
ινιακός
(iniakós)
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Hungarian:
nyakszirti
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Irish:
ocsapatach
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Italian:
occipitale
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Korean:
(의학)후두부
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Polish:
potyliczny
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Portuguese:
occipital
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Russian:
заты́лочный
(zatýločnyj)
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Russian:
окципита́льный
(okcipitálʹnyj)
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Sicilian:
uccipitali
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Spanish:
occipital
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Turkish:
oksipital
— of or pertaining to the occiput or occipital bone
Bulgarian:
тилова кост
(tilova kost)
— occipital bone
