# fetal
## English
### Alternative forms

* (UK) foetal
* (UK, obsolete) fœtal
* (obsolete) phoetal, phœtal
* (obsolete) fætal

### Etymology

From fetus +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfitl̩/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːtəl

### Adjective

fetal (not comparable)
* (embryology) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
    fetal circulation
    fetal membranes

#### Usage notes

The form fetal is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetal is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.

#### Synonyms

* zygotal

#### Coordinate terms

* gametal, zygotal, blastocystic, blastular

#### Derived terms

* afetal
* early fetal demise
* embryofetal
* extrafetal
* fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
* fetal alcohol syndrome
* fetally
* fetalness
* fetal position
* fetofetal
* go fetal
* intrafetal
* maternofetal
* multifetal
* nonfetal
* oncofetal
* Pinard fetal stethoscope
* postfetal
* uterofetal

#### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “fetal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* E flat, E-flat, aleft, alfet, e flat, e-flat

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fəˈtal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [feˈtal]
* Homophone: fatal (Balearic, Central)

### Adjective

fetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fetals)
* fetal

#### Related terms

* fetus

### Further reading

* “fetal”, 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

## Galician
### Adjective

fetal m or f (plural fetais)
* fetal

#### Related terms

* feto

### Further reading

* “fetal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [feˈtaːl]
* Hyphenation: fe‧tal
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

fetal (strong nominative masculine singular fetaler, not comparable)
* fetal
    Synonym: fötal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “fetal” in Duden online
* “fetal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fèː.tál/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ɸèː.tál]

### Ideophone

fḕtal
* (of a space) open

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /feˈtaw/ [feˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈtal/ [fɨˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈtal/ [fɨˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈta.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: fe‧tal

### Adjective

fetal m or f (plural fetais)
* fetal (pertaining to fetuses)

#### Related terms

* feto

### Further reading

* “fetal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fœtal.

### Adjective

fetal m or n (feminine singular fetală, masculine plural fetali, feminine and neuter plural fetale)
* fetal

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

* IPA: /feˈtal/ [feˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: fe‧tal

### Adjective

fetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fetales)
* fetal

#### Related terms

* feto

### Further reading

* “fetal”, 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