Phrase guide

parietal lobe

noun · 2 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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  • US: /pəˈɹaɪətəl ˌloʊb/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain.

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parietal cortex

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lobe

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فص جداري — division of the cerebrum
  • Azerbaijani: təpə payı — division of the cerebrum
  • Catalan: lòbul parietal — division of the cerebrum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頂葉 /顶叶 (dǐngyè) — division of the cerebrum
  • Czech: temenní lalok — division of the cerebrum
  • Dutch: pariëtale kwab — division of the cerebrum
  • Esperanto: parieta lobo — division of the cerebrum
  • Estonian: kiirusagar — division of the cerebrum
  • Finnish: päälaenlohko — division of the cerebrum
  • Finnish: parietaalilohko — division of the cerebrum
  • French: lobe pariétal — division of the cerebrum
  • Galician: lobo parietal — division of the cerebrum
  • German: Scheitellappen — division of the cerebrum
  • German: Parietallappen — division of the cerebrum
  • Greek: βρεγματικός λοβός (vregmatikós lovós) — division of the cerebrum
  • Hebrew: האונה הקודקודית — division of the cerebrum
  • Hungarian: fali lebeny — division of the cerebrum
  • Irish: maothán pairiatach — division of the cerebrum
  • Italian: lobo parietale — division of the cerebrum
  • Japanese: 頭頂葉 (tōchōyō) — division of the cerebrum
  • Korean: 두정엽 (dujeong'yeop) — division of the cerebrum
  • Northern Kurdish: dîwarepil — division of the cerebrum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: isselapp — division of the cerebrum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: isselapp — division of the cerebrum
  • Polish: płat ciemieniowy — division of the cerebrum
  • Portuguese: lobo parietal — division of the cerebrum
  • Romanian: lob parietal — division of the cerebrum
  • Russian: теменна́я до́ля (temennája dólja) — division of the cerebrum
  • Spanish: lóbulo parietal — division of the cerebrum
  • Swedish: parietallob — division of the cerebrum
  • Swedish: hjässlob — division of the cerebrum
  • Thai: กลีบข้าง — division of the cerebrum
  • Ukrainian: тім'яна частка (timʺjana častka) — division of the cerebrum
  • Vietnamese: thùy đỉnh — division of the cerebrum