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vertebral

adj · noun · 5 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.tɪ.bɹəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /vɚˈti.bɹəl/
  • General-American: /ˈvɝ.tə.bɹəl/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbɹəl
  • rhymes with -iːbɹəl
  • CMU ARPABET: V ER1 T AH0 B R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to a vertebra or the spine.

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

adj

Meaning 2

Having or made of vertebrae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having a spinal column.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any of the large dorsal scales along the top of a snake's back.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to or constituting vertebrae

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From vertebra + -al.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِقْرِيّ (fiqriyy) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Arabic: فِقَرِيّ (fiqariyy) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Armenian: ողնաշարային (oġnašarayin) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Belarusian: хрыбе́тны (xrybjétny) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Belarusian: пазвано́чны (pazvanóčny) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Belarusian: спінны́ (spinný) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Bulgarian: гръбна́чен (grǎbnáčen) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Catalan: vertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脊椎的 (jǐzhuī de) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Czech: obratlový — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Czech: vertebrální — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Dutch: wervel- — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • French: vertébral — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Galician: vertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Georgian: ხერხემლის (xerxemlis) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Georgian: ხერხემლიანი (xerxemliani) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • German: vertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • German: Wirbel- — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Greek: σπονδυλικός (spondylikós) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Hungarian: gerinc- — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Irish: veirteabrach — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Italian: vertebrale — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Kazakh: омыртқалық (omyrtqalyq) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Central Kurdish: بڕبڕەیی (birrbirreyî) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Lithuanian: stuburinis — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Macedonian: ’рбетен (’rbeten) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Macedonian: грбначен (grbnačen) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Polish: kręgowy — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Portuguese: vertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Romanian: vertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Russian: позвоно́чный (pozvonóčnyj) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Russian: спинно́й (spinnój) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Serbo-Croatian: кѝчменӣ — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Serbo-Croatian: kìčmenī — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Slovak: stavcový — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Slovene: vretenčen — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Spanish: vertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Ukrainian: хребе́тний (xrebétnyj) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
  • Ukrainian: спинни́й (spynnýj) — of or relating to a vertebra or the spine
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