# vestibular
## English
### Etymology

From vestibule or vestibulum +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/
* (General American) IPA: /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)

### Adjective

vestibular (not comparable) (relational)
* Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
** 1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century‎, page 158:[…] while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister, […] .
** 1950 August, “Notes and News: Royal Train at Croydon”, in Railway Magazine, pages 569-570:Originally, it was intended that the stock should be vestibular throughout, but when the drawings were submitted to the Prince of Wales, he cut out this feature, saying that a railway journey afforded one of the very few occasions when he was able to enjoy absolute privacy—a feature which the vestibule would tend to abolish.
* (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
* (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.
    vestibular impulse
** 1859, William James Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of Human Anatomy, General and Special:Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve […] .
* (dentistry) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.

#### Antonyms

* nonvestibular

#### Coordinate terms

* anterior
* apical
* apicocoronal
* axial
* buccal
* buccoapical
* buccocervical
* buccogingival
* buccolabial
* buccolingual
* bucco-occlusal
* buccopalatal
* cervical
* coronal
* coronoapical
* distal
* distoapical
* distobuccal
* distocclusal
* distocervical
* distoclusal
* distocoronal
* distofacial
* distogingival
* distoincisal
* distolingual
* disto-occlusal
* distopalatal
* facial
* gingival
* incisal
* incisocervical
* inferior
* labial
* lingual
* linguobuccal
* linguo-occlusal
* mandibular
* maxillary
* mesial
* mesioapical
* mesiobuccal
* mesiocclusal
* mesiocervical
* mesioclusal
* mesiocoronal
* mesiodistal
* mesiofacial
* mesiogingival
* mesioincisal
* mesiolingual
* mesio-occlusal
* mesiopalatal
* occlusal
* palatal
* posterior
* proximal
* superior
* vestibular

#### Derived terms

* audiovestibular
* cerebellovestibular
* cochleovestibular
* distovestibular
* extravestibular
* intervestibular
* lesser vestibular glands
* mediovestibular
* neurovestibular
* nonvestibular
* oculovestibular
* otovestibular
* paravestibular
* rectovestibular
* vestibular aqueduct
* vestibular fold
* vestibular ganglion
* vestibular gland
* vestibular ligament
* vestibular membrane
* vestibular nerve
* vestibular nucleus
* vestibular schwannoma
* vestibular sense
* vestibular system
* vestibular wall
* vestibular window
* visuovestibular

#### Related terms

* vestibule
* vestibulum

#### Translations
### Noun

vestibular (plural vestibulars)
* (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
    Synonyms: vestibular exam, vestibular examination
** 2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People, page 23:Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.

### References

* “vestibular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “vestibular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From vestíbulo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlaʁ/ [ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlaʁ/ [ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /veʃ.t͡ʃi.buˈlaʁ/ [veʃ.t͡ʃi.buˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ves.t͡ʃi.buˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨʃ.ti.buˈlaɾ/ [vɨʃ.ti.βuˈlaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɨʃ.ti.buˈlaɾ/ [vɨʃ.ti.βuˈlaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɨʃ.ti.buˈlaɾ/ [bɨʃ.ti.βuˈlaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɨʃ.ti.buˈla.ɾi/ [vɨʃ.ti.βuˈla.ɾi]
* Rhymes: -aʁ, -aɾ
* Hyphenation: ves‧ti‧bu‧lar

### Noun

vestibular m (plural vestibulares)
* (Brazil) an admittance test for Brazilian universities

#### Derived terms

* pré-vestibular
* prestar vestibular
* vestibulando

### Adjective

vestibular m or f (plural vestibulares)
* (anatomy) vestibular (relating to the vestibule)

### Further reading

* “vestibular”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “vestibular”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “vestibular” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “vestibular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “vestibular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “vestibular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French vestibulaire.

### Adjective

vestibular m or n (feminine singular vestibulară, masculine plural vestibulari, feminine and neuter plural vestibulare)
* vestibular

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

From vestíbulo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bestibuˈlaɾ/ [bes.t̪i.β̞uˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ves‧ti‧bu‧lar

### Adjective

vestibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestibulares)
* (anatomy) vestibular

#### Related terms

* vestíbulo