# mandibular
## English
### Etymology

From Latin mandibula +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)

### Adjective

mandibular (not comparable)
* (anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the mandible.
    Synonym: (archaic) mandibulary
** 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 28:The head produces a mandibular gland pheromone composed of ketones, the thorax lacks large glands, and the abdomen contains the venom and the Nasonov gland that produces lemon oil compounds.

#### 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

* branchiomandibular
* buccomandibular
* cerebrocostomandibular
* circummandibular
* craniomandibular
* hemimandibular
* hyomandibular
* hypomandibular
* inframandibular
* intermandibular
* intramandibular
* mandibular artery
* mandibular canal
* mandibular nerve
* mandibular pheromone
* mandibulo-
* maxillomandibular
* micromandibular
* musculomandibular
* nonmandibular
* oromandibular
* otomandibular
* perimandibular
* premandibular
* preoperculomandibular
* queen mandibular pheromone
* retromandibular
* sphenomandibular
* stylomandibular
* submandibular
* temporomandibular
* transmandibular

#### Related terms

* mandibulary
* mandibulate

#### Translations
### References

* “mandibular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “mandibular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ “mandibular, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mən.di.βuˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [mən.di.buˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [man.di.buˈlaɾ]

### Adjective

mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulars)
* mandibular

#### Related terms

* mandíbula

### Further reading

* “mandibular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mandibular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “mandibular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mandibular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Adjective

mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares)
* mandibular

#### Related terms

* mandíbula

### Further reading

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

## Interlingua
### Adjective

mandibular (not comparable)
* mandibular

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaʁ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaʁ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaʁ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃.d͡ʒi.buˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃.di.buˈlaɾ/ [mɐ̃.di.βuˈlaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃.di.buˈlaɾ/ [mɐ̃.di.βuˈlaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃.di.buˈla.ɾi/ [mɐ̃.di.βuˈla.ɾi]

### Adjective

mandibular m or f (plural mandibulares, not comparable)
* mandibular

#### Related terms

* mandíbula

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mandibulaire.

### Adjective

mandibular m or n (feminine singular mandibulară, masculine plural mandibulari, feminine and neuter plural mandibulare)
* mandibular

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

* IPA: /mandibuˈlaɾ/ [mãn̪.d̪i.β̞uˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: man‧di‧bu‧lar

### Adjective

mandibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural mandibulares)
* mandibular

#### Derived terms

* esfenomandibular
* retromandibular
* submandibular

#### Related terms

* mandíbula

### Further reading

* “mandibular”, 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