# cerebral
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl/, /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹl̩/, /səˈɹiː.bɹəl/, /səˈɹiː.bɹl̩/
* (General American) IPA: /səˈɹi.bɹəl/, /ˈsɛɹ.əb.ɹəl/
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* Rhymes: -ɛɹɪbɹəl, -iːbɹəl

### Etymology 1

Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum +‎ -al.

#### Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)
* (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
    Synonyms: brainial (uncommon), brainy (rare)
* Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.
    Coordinate term: visceral
** 2024 September 19, James Miller, “Karl Marx, Weirder Than Ever”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:Certainly, “Capital” is a cerebral read and the dangers of the world Marx lived in are not all the same as ours.(Can we archive this URL?)

##### Derived terms

* acerebral
* antennocerebral
* anticerebral
* cardiocerebral
* cardiovasculocerebral
* cerebral aqueduct
* cerebral artery
* cerebral blood flow
* cerebral cortex
* cerebral edema
* cerebral hemisphere
* cerebral hemorrhage
* cerebralise
* cerebralism
* cerebralist
* cerebralize
* cerebral localisation
* cerebral localization
* cerebrally
* cerebral oximetry
* cerebral palsy
* cerebral salt-wasting syndrome
* cervicocerebral
* circumcerebral
* craniocerebral
* electrocerebral
* extracerebral
* great cerebral vein
* hemicerebral
* hepatocerebral
* hypercerebral
* hypocerebral
* intercerebral
* intracerebral
* meningocerebral
* metacerebral
* microcerebral
* multiple cerebral sclerosis
* myocerebral
* neurocerebral
* noncerebral
* oculocerebral
* orbitocerebral
* overcerebral
* paracerebral
* pericerebral
* postcerebral
* precerebral
* procerebral
* protocerebral
* retinocerebral
* retrocerebral
* rhinocerebral
* spinocerebral
* subcerebral
* supercerebral
* tritocerebral
* uncerebral

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “pertaining to the head”).

#### Adjective

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)
* (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.

##### Translations
### References

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

## Asturian
### Etymology

cerebru +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θeɾeˈbɾal/ [θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ce‧re‧bral

### Adjective

cerebral (epicene, plural cerebrales)
* (anatomy, medicine) cerebral

#### Related terms

* cerebru

## Catalan
### Etymology

A learned formation from the root of Latin cerebrum and the suffix -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [sə.ɾəˈβɾal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [sə.ɾəˈbɾal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [se.ɾeˈbɾal]

### Adjective

cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrals)
* cerebral

#### Derived terms

* paràlisi cerebral

#### Related terms

* cervell

## Danish
### Etymology

From French cérébral (“cerebral”), from Latin cerebrum (“brain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /serəbraːl/, [serəˈb̥ʁɑːˀl]

### Adjective

cerebral
* cerebral (of, or relating to the brain)

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### Further reading

* “cerebral” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “cerebral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From cérebro +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /se.ɾeˈbɾaw/ [se.ɾeˈbɾaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾal/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾal/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.ɾɨˈbɾa.li/ [sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾa.li]
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: ce‧re‧bral

### Adjective

cerebral m or f (plural cerebrais)
* (relational) brain, cerebral cortex; cerebral

#### Derived terms

* cerebralmente

#### Related terms

* cérebro

### Further reading

* “cerebral”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “cerebral”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “cerebral” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “cerebral”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “cerebral”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “cerebral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cérébral.

### Adjective

cerebral m or n (feminine singular cerebrală, masculine plural cerebrali, feminine and neuter plural cerebrale)
* cerebral

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

From cerebro +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θeɾeˈbɾal/ [θe.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾeˈbɾal/ [se.ɾeˈβ̞ɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ce‧re‧bral

### Adjective

cerebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural cerebrales)
* cerebral

#### Derived terms

* circunvolución cerebral
* conmoción cerebral
* corteza cerebral
* derrame cerebral
* hemisferio cerebral
* parálisis cerebral
* protuberancia cerebral

#### Related terms

* cerebro

### Further reading

* “cerebral”, 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

## Swedish
### Adjective

cerebral (comparative mer cerebral, superlative mest cerebral)
* (anatomy) cerebral
* intellectual (rather than emotional)

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### References

* cerebral in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* cerebral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* cerebral in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)