# ventral
## English
### Etymology

From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛntɹəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl

### Adjective

ventral (not comparable)
* Related to the abdomen or stomach.
* (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
* (anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
* (neuroanatomy) On the lower side of the brain.

#### Antonyms

* dorsal

#### Coordinate terms

* anterior
* distal
* dorsal
* lateral
* medial
* posterior
* proximal
* ventral

#### Derived terms

* anterioventral
* anteroventral
* apicoventral
* basiventral
* basoventral
* biventral
* caudoventral
* cranioventral
* distoventral
* dorsoventral
* endoventral
* holoventral
* lateroventral
* medioventral
* midventral
* nonventral
* occipitoventral
* paraventral
* posteroventral
* preventral
* proximoventral
* retroventral
* rostrolateroventral
* rostroventral
* sinistroventral
* subventral
* uteroventral
* ventral fin
* ventralize
* ventrally
* ventralmost
* ventral nerve cord
* ventral striatum
* ventral tegmental area
* ventral tegmentum
* ventromedial

#### Translations
### Noun

ventral (plural ventrals)
* Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis. By surface analysis, ventre +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɑ̃.tʁal/
* Homophones: ventrale, ventrales

### Adjective

ventral (feminine ventrale, masculine plural ventraux, feminine plural ventrales)
* ventral

#### Derived terms

* ventro-ventral
* dorso-ventral

### Further reading

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

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛnˈtʁaːl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

ventral (strong nominative masculine singular ventraler, not comparable)
* ventral

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ventralis.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈventral/ [ˈfen.t̪ral]
* Syllabification: ven‧tral

### Adjective

ventral
* ventral

### Further reading

* “ventral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ventrālis. By surface analysis, ventre +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vẽˈtɾaw/ [vẽˈtɾaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /vẽˈtɾal/ [vẽˈtɾaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /vẽˈtɾal/ [vẽˈtɾaɫ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bẽˈtɾal/ [bẽˈtɾaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vẽˈtɾa.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: ven‧tral

### Adjective

ventral m or f (plural ventrais)
* ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
* (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

### References

* ↑ “ventral”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “ventral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ventral, from Latin ventralis.

### Adjective

ventral m or n (feminine singular ventrală, masculine plural ventrali, feminine and neuter plural ventrale)
* ventral

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

From Latin ventrālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /benˈtɾal/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ven‧tral

### Adjective

ventral m or f (masculine and feminine plural ventrales)
* ventral (relating to the abdomen or stomach)
* (anatomy) ventral (on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal)

#### Derived terms

* dorsoventral
* ventralmente

#### Related terms

* vientre

### Further reading

* “ventral”, 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