# occipital
## English
### Etymology

Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput +‎ -al. Doublet of occipitalis.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: ŏk-sĭp'-ĭt-əl
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.əl/, /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.l̩/
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* (General American) IPA: /ɑkˈsɪp.ət.l̩/
* Rhymes: -ɪpɪtəl

### Adjective

occipital (not comparable)
* (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.

#### Derived terms

* atlanto-occipital, atlantooccipital, atlantoccipital
* basioccipital, basiooccipital
* craniooccipital
* epioccipital
* exooccipital, exoccipital
* frontooccipital, frontaloccipital
* interoccipital
* laterooccipital, lateraloccipital
* medioccipital
* midoccipital
* nonoccipital
* occipital artery
* occipital bone
* occipital bun
* occipital horn syndrome
* occipital lobe
* occipital nerve
* occipital point
* occipito-, occipit-
* otooccipital, otoccipital, oticooccipital
* paraoccipital, paroccipital
* parieto-occipital, parietooccipital
* ponto-geniculo-occipital
* postoccipital
* preoccipital
* sphenooccipital
* suboccipital
* superoccipital
* supraoccipital
* temporo-occipital, temporooccipital, temporoccipital
* temporoparietooccipital
* trachelo-occipital

#### Translations
### Noun

occipital (plural occipitals)
* (anatomy) Ellipsis of occipital bone.
* (zootomy) An occipital scale in reptiles.

#### Translations
### References

* “occipital”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “occipital”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “occipital”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “occipital”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Catalan
### Etymology

From occípit +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [uk.si.piˈtal]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ok.si.piˈtal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

occipital m or f (masculine and feminine plural occipitals)
* occipital

#### Derived terms

* lòbul occipital

### Noun

occipital m (plural occipitals)
* occipital bone

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (whence occiput).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔk.si.pi.tal/

### Adjective

occipital (feminine occipitale, masculine plural occipitaux, feminine plural occipitales)
* (anatomy) occipital
    lobe occipital ― occipital lobe

#### Derived terms

* os occipital

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Adjective

occipital m or f (plural occipitais)
* (anatomy) occipital, pertaining to the back of the head

### Noun

occipital m (plural occipitais)
* (anatomy) the occipital bone

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (“the back of the head”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.ki.si.piˈtaw/ [o.ki.si.piˈtaʊ̯], /ok.si.piˈtaw/ [ok.si.piˈtaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.ki.si.piˈtaw/ [o.ki.si.piˈtaʊ̯], /ok.si.piˈtaw/ [ok.si.piˈtaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ok.si.piˈtaw/ [ok.si.piˈtaʊ̯], /o.ki.si.piˈtaw/ [o.ki.si.piˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.ksi.piˈtal/ [ɔ.ksi.piˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.ksi.piˈtal/ [ɔ.ksi.piˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.ksi.piˈta.li/
* Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧pi‧tal

### Adjective

occipital m or f (plural occipitais, not comparable)
* (anatomy) occipital (pertaining to the back of the head)

#### Related terms

* cabeça
* nuca
* occipício

### Noun

occipital m (plural occipitais)
* (anatomy) the occipital bone
    Hypernym: osso
    Holonym: crânio
    Coordinate terms: parietal, frontal, temporal, esfenoide, etmoide

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French occipital.

### Adjective

occipital m or n (feminine singular occipitală, masculine plural occipitali, feminine and neuter plural occipitale)
* occipital

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

Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (“the back of the head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /oɡθipiˈtal/ [oɣ̞.θi.piˈt̪al]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /oɡsipiˈtal/ [oɣ̞.si.piˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: oc‧ci‧pi‧tal

### Adjective

occipital m or f (masculine and feminine plural occipitales)
* (anatomy) occipital

#### Derived terms

* lóbulo occipital
* parietooccipital
* suboccipital

### Noun

occipital m (plural occipitales)
* occipital bone
    Synonym: hueso occipital
* (muscle) occipitalis
    Synonym: músculo occipital
* occipital lobe
    Synonym: lóbulo occipital

#### Related terms

* occipucio

### Further reading

* “occipital”, 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
* occipital on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$