# ramal
## English
### Etymology

From ramus +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹeɪməl/

### Adjective

ramal (not comparable)
* (anatomy, dated) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branching
** 1890, R.W. Shufeldt, “Osteophysiology of Arctic and Subarctic Water-Birds”, in Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 24, page 98:Between the ramal walls above this the bone is longitudinally scooped out to the upper termination of the symphysis.

### Anagrams

* LRAAM, Lamar, Marla, alarm, malar, marla

## Catalan
### Etymology

From ram +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəˈmal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [raˈmal]

### Noun

ramal m (plural ramals)
* halter
* branch
* (rail transport) branch line

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Malay ramal, from Classical Malay ramal, from Arabic رَمْل (raml, “sand”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ramal/
* Rhymes: -amal, -mal, -al

#### Noun

ramal (plural ramal-ramal)
* (obsolete) sand
* (obsolete) the sand used in fortunetelling

##### Synonyms

* (sand): pasir

#### Verb

ramal
* (colloquial) to divine

#### Derived terms

* meramal
* meramalkan
* peramalan
* ramalan
* tukang ramal

### Etymology 2

From Malay ramal, from Classical Malay ramal (“handkerchief”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ramal/
* Rhymes: -amal, -mal, -al

#### Noun

ramal (plural ramal-ramal)
* (obsolete) handkerchief
    Synonym: saputangan

## Malay
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

ramal
* to predict

##### Derived terms

* peramal
* ramalan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رَمْل (raml).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ramal/
* Rhymes: -amal, -mal, -al

#### Noun

ramal (Jawi spelling رامل, plural ramal-ramal, informal 1st possessive ramalku, 2nd possessive ramalmu, 3rd possessive ramalnya)
* sand (finely ground rock)

##### Synonyms

* pasir / ڤاسير

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: ramal

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈra.mal/

### Noun

ramal m (plural irmla or rmiel)
* Alternative form of ramel: sand

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From ramo +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁaˈmaw/ [haˈmaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁaˈmaw/ [haˈmaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁaˈmaw/ [χaˈmaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈmal/ [ʁɐˈmaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈmal/ [ʁɐˈmaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈma.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: ra‧mal

### Noun

ramal m (plural ramais)
* branch (part that divides like the branch of a tree)
** (rail transport) branch line
** (Brazil) each telephone number of a private network

## Spanish
### Etymology

From ramo +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raˈmal/ [raˈmal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ra‧mal

### Noun

ramal m (plural ramales)
* exit (of a highway or road)
* branch (of an organization)
* (rail transport) branch line
* halter (of horse)

#### Related terms

* rama
* ramalazo

### Further reading

* “ramal”, 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