# apical
## English
### Etymology

From apic- +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæpɪkəl/, /ˈeɪpɪkəl/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧pic‧al

### Adjective

apical (not comparable)
* Of or connected with the apex.
* (botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
* (phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.

#### 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
* (linguistics): laminal, coronal

#### Derived terms

* abapical
* adapical
* anteroapical
* apical ancestor
* apical annulus
* apical dendrite
* apical ectodermal ridge
* apical germ pore
* apicalization
* apically
* apicalmost
* apicalwards
* basiapical
* basoapical
* biapical
* cervicoapical
* circumapical
* dorsoapical
* endoapical
* juxtaapical
* medioapical
* nonapical
* periapical
* posteroapical
* preapical
* proapical
* subapical
* transapical
* uniapical
* ventroapical

#### Translations
### Noun

apical (plural apicals)
* (phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Palaic

## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin apicālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.piˈkal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.piˈkal]

### Adjective

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicals)
* apical
* (botany) apical
* (linguistics) apical

#### Related terms

* àpex
* apicopalatal

### Further reading

* “apical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.pi.kal/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cal

### Adjective

apical (feminine apicale, masculine plural apicaux, feminine plural apicales)
* apical (all senses)

### Further reading

* “apical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Interlingua
### Adjective

apical (not comparable)
* apical

#### Related terms

* apice

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.piˈkaw/ [a.piˈkaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.piˈkal/ [ɐ.piˈkaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.piˈkal/ [ɐ.piˈkaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.piˈka.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: a‧pi‧cal

### Adjective

apical m or f (plural apicais)
* apical (relating to an apex)
* (phonetics, of a phoneme) apical (produced with the tip of the tongue)

### Noun

apical f (plural apicais)
* (phonetics) apical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French apical.

### Adjective

apical m or n (feminine singular apicală, masculine plural apicali, feminine and neuter plural apicale)
* apical

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apiˈkal/ [a.piˈkal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: a‧pi‧cal

### Adjective

apical m or f (masculine and feminine plural apicales)
* apical
* (botany) apical
* (linguistics) apical

#### Derived terms

* apicalmente

#### Related terms

* ápice

### Further reading

* “apical”, 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