Phrase guide

occipital lobe

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

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  • US: /ˌɑkˈsɪpɪtəl ˌloʊb/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head.

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 in the back of the head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: occipital cortex

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lobe

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فص قذالي — division of the cerebrum
  • Azerbaijani: ənsə payı — division of the cerebrum
  • Catalan: lòbul occipital — division of the cerebrum
  • Czech: týlní lalok — division of the cerebrum
  • Danish: occipitallap — division of the cerebrum
  • Dutch: occipitale kwab — division of the cerebrum
  • Estonian: kuklasagar — division of the cerebrum
  • Finnish: takaraivolohko — division of the cerebrum
  • Finnish: oksipitaalilohko — division of the cerebrum
  • French: lobe occipital — division of the cerebrum
  • Galician: lobo occipital — division of the cerebrum
  • German: Occipitallappen — division of the cerebrum
  • Greek: ινιακός λοβός (iniakós lovós) — division of the cerebrum
  • Hebrew: האונה העורפית — division of the cerebrum
  • Hungarian: nyakszirtlebeny — division of the cerebrum
  • Hungarian: nyakszirti lebeny — division of the cerebrum
  • Italian: lobo occipitale — division of the cerebrum
  • Japanese: 後頭葉 (kōchōyō) — division of the cerebrum
  • Korean: 후두엽 (huduyeop) — division of the cerebrum
  • Northern Kurdish: patikepil — division of the cerebrum
  • Norwegian: bakhodelapp — division of the cerebrum
  • Persian: لوب پسسری — division of the cerebrum
  • Polish: płat potyliczny — division of the cerebrum
  • Portuguese: lóbulo occipital — division of the cerebrum
  • Romanian: lob occipital — division of the cerebrum
  • Spanish: lóbulo occipital — division of the cerebrum
  • Swedish: occipitallob — division of the cerebrum
  • Swedish: nacklob — division of the cerebrum
  • Thai: กลีบท้ายทอย — division of the cerebrum
  • Turkish: oksipital lob — division of the cerebrum
  • Ukrainian: потилична частка (potylyčna častka) — division of the cerebrum
  • Vietnamese: thùy chẩm — division of the cerebrum