# parietal
## English
### Etymology

From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

### Adjective

parietal (comparative more parietal, superlative most parietal)
* (anatomy) Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
    Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.
** 2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]
* (anatomy) Of or relating to the parietal bones.
* Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
** 1856, B. H. Hall, (Please provide the book title or journal name):At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.
* (botany) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

#### Derived terms

* biparietal
* centroparietal
* epiparietal
* frontoparietal
* interparietal
* intraparietal
* parietal art
* parietal bone
* parietal cell
* parietal foramen
* parietal lobe
* parietal pleura
* posteroparietal
* postparietal
* temporoparietal
* transparietal
* uteroparietal
* ventroparietal
* visceroparietal

#### Translations
### Noun

parietal (plural parietals)
* (anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
* Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
* (archaeology) A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
* (informal) Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

### Anagrams

* Petralia

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾi.əˈtal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pa.ɾi.eˈtal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

parietal m or f (masculine and feminine plural parietals)
* parietal

#### Derived terms

* lòbul parietal

### Noun

parietal m (plural parietals)
* parietal bone

#### Synonyms

* os parietal

### Further reading

* “parietal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “parietal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “parietal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “parietal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

### Adjective

parietal m or f (plural parietais)
* parietal, pertaining to the parietal region of the head

### Noun

parietal m (plural parietais)
* (anatomy) the parietal bone

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾi.eˈtaw/ [pa.ɾɪ.eˈtaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pa.ɾjeˈtaw/ [pa.ɾjeˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾjɛˈtal/ [pɐ.ɾjɛˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾjɛˈtal/ [pɐ.ɾjɛˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾjɛˈta.li/

### Adjective

parietal m or f (plural parietais, not comparable)
* (relational) wall (of a room)
* that which is normally hung on walls (such as tapestries or paintings)

#### Synonyms

* parietário

### Noun

parietal m (plural parietais)
* (anatomy) parietal bone

#### Hypernyms

* osso

#### Holonyms

* crânio

#### Coordinate terms

* occipital, frontal, temporal, esfenoide, etmoide

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pariétal.

### Adjective

parietal m or n (feminine singular parietală, masculine plural parietali, feminine and neuter plural parietale)
* parietal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin parietālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾjeˈtal/ [pa.ɾjeˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: pa‧rie‧tal

### Adjective

parietal m or f (masculine and feminine plural parietales)
* (anatomy) parietal

#### Derived terms

* esfenoparietal
* lóbulo parietal

### Noun

parietal m (plural parietales)
* parietal bone

### Further reading

* “parietal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10