# neural
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈnʊɹəl/, /ˈnɝəl/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈnjʊəɹəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Canada) IPA: /ˈnjəɹəl/
* (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA: /ˈnjʉːɹəl/
* Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

### Adjective

neural (not comparable)
* (biology) Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.
* (computing) Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.

#### Derived terms

* abneural
* adneural
* aneural
* antineural
* bapineuzumab
* bioneural
* chordoneural
* costoneural
* dermoneural
* diploneural
* ectoneural
* electroneural
* endoneural
* epineural
* extraneural
* glioneural
* hyponeural
* interneural
* intraneural
* microneural
* multineural
* myoneural
* neural arch
* neural axis
* neural canal
* neural crest
* neural crest syndrome
* neuralization
* neuralize
* neurally
* neuralness
* neural net
* neural network
* neural plate
* neural processing unit
* neural spine
* neural tube
* nonneural
* oligoneural
* onconeural
* panneural
* paraneural
* perineural
* postneural
* preneural
* proneural
* sensorineural
* spiking neural network
* subneural
* supraneural
* transneural
* vasoneural

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “neural”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “neural”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “neural”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Launer, Lauren, ulnare, unreal

## Catalan
### Adjective

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurals)
* (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

### Further reading

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

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nø.ʁal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

neural (feminine neurale, masculine plural neuraux, feminine plural neurales)
* neural

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Adjective

neural m or f (plural neurais)
* (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch neuraal.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /neˈural/ [neˈu.ral]
* Rhymes: -ural
* Syllabification: ne‧u‧ral

### Adjective

neural
* neural
** (biology) of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.
** (computing) modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.

#### Related terms

* neuron

### Further reading

* “neural” 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
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /newˈɾaw/ [neʊ̯ˈɾaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /newˈɾal/ [newˈɾaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /newˈɾal/ [newˈɾaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /newˈɾa.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: neu‧ral

### Adjective

neural m or f (plural neurais, not comparable)
* (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

### Further reading

* “neural”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “neural”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French neural.

### Adjective

neural m or n (feminine singular neurală, masculine plural neurali, feminine and neuter plural neurale)
* neural

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

* IPA: /neuˈɾal/ [neu̯ˈɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: neu‧ral

### Adjective

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurales)
* (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

#### Derived terms

* tubo neural

### Further reading

* “neural”, 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