# cervical
## English
### Etymology

Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/, /sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/
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* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/
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* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl, -aɪkəl

### Adjective

cervical (not comparable)
* (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.
    cervical pain
* (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.
    cervical cancer

#### 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

* buccocervical
* cervical artery
* cervical canal
* cervical cancer
* cervical cap
* cervical collar
* cervical conization
* cervical enamel
* cervical ganglion
* cervically
* cervical nerve
* cervical plexus
* cervical smear
* cervical spine
* cervical vertebra
* cervico-
* costocervical
* craniocervical
* distocervical
* dorsocervical
* ectocervical
* endocervical
* exocervical
* extracervical
* faciocervical
* inferior cervical ganglion
* intracervical
* labiocervical
* laterocervical
* linguocervical
* midcervical
* middle cervical ganglion
* noncervical
* occipitocervical
* orocervical
* paracervical
* postcervical
* pubocervical
* retrocervical
* scending cervical artery
* spinocervical
* superior cervical ganglion
* supracervical
* syncervical
* thoracocervical
* thyrocervical
* transcervical
* transverse cervical artery
* trigeminocervical
* ureterocervical
* uterocervical
* vaginocervical
* vesicocervical

#### Translations

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### Noun

cervical (plural cervicals)
* (anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.

### References

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

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛʁ.vi.kal/

### Adjective

cervical (feminine cervicale, masculine plural cervicaux, feminine plural cervicales)
* (anatomy) cervical
    vertèbre cervicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Descendants

* → English: cervical

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

### Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)
* (anatomy) cervical

#### Derived terms

* vértebra cervical

## Interlingua
### Adjective

cervical (not comparable)
* cervical

#### Related terms

* cervice

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* cervīcāle

### Etymology

Substantivation of apocopated cervīcāle, nominative neuter singular of cervīcālis (“pertaining to the neck”), see -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /kerˈu̯iː.kal/, [kɛrˈu̯iːkäɫ̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /t͡ʃerˈvi.kal/, [t͡ʃerˈviːkäl]

### Noun

cervīcal n (genitive cervīcālis); third declension
* a pillow, cushion, bolster
    Synonyms: pulvīnus, culcita, coxīnus
** c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 6.16.16:Cervicalia capitibus imposita linteis constringunt; id munimentum adversus incidentia fuit.They tied down pillows placed upon their heads with linen clothes; that was their protection against falling debris.

#### Inflection

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

#### Related terms

* cervīcālis

### References

* “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "cervical", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* cervical in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “cervical”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “cervical”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -al). By surface analysis, cérvice +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seɦ.viˈkaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seɦ.viˈkaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /seɾ.viˈkaw/ [seɾ.viˈkaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /seʁ.viˈkaw/ [seʁ.viˈkaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seɻ.viˈkaw/ [seɻ.viˈkaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾ.viˈkal/ [sɨɾ.viˈkaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾ.viˈkal/ [sɨɾ.viˈkaɫ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾ.biˈkal/ [sɨɾ.βiˈkaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨɾ.viˈka.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: cer‧vi‧cal

### Adjective

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)
* (anatomy) cervical (relating to the cervix or neck)

#### Related terms

* cérvice
* cerviz

### Noun

cervical f (plural cervicais)
* (anatomy) Ellipsis of vértebra cervical.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cervical.

### Adjective

cervical m or n (feminine singular cervicală, masculine plural cervicali, feminine and neuter plural cervicale)
* cervical

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

Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvix +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θeɾbiˈkal/ [θeɾ.β̞iˈkal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾbiˈkal/ [seɾ.β̞iˈkal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: cer‧vi‧cal

### Adjective

cervical m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervicales)
* cervical

#### Derived terms

* latigazo cervical
* tirocervical
* vértebra cervical

#### Related terms

* cervico-
* cérvix
* cerviz

### Further reading

* “cervical”, 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