parietal

Etymology

From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

parietal (comparative more parietal, superlative most parietal)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.

   Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.

   • 2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:

     The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the parietal bones.
3. Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
   • 1856, B. H. Hall, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.

4. (botany) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

Noun

parietal (plural parietals)

1. (anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
2. Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
3. (archaeology) A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
4. (informal) Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

Anagrams

• Petralia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾi.əˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.ɾi.eˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

parietal m or f (masculine and feminine plural parietals)

1. parietal

Noun

parietal m (plural parietals)

1. parietal bone

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

Adjective

parietal m or f (plural parietais)

1. parietal, pertaining to the parietal region of the head

Noun

parietal m (plural parietais)

1. (anatomy) the parietal bone

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

parietal m or f (plural parietais, not comparable)

1. (relational) wall (of a room)
2. that which is normally hung on walls (such as tapestries or paintings)

Noun

parietal m (plural parietais)

1. (anatomy) parietal bone

Etymology

Borrowed from French pariétal.

Adjective

parietal m or n (feminine singular parietală, masculine plural parietali, feminine and neuter plural parietale)

1. parietal

Etymology

From Latin parietālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾjeˈtal/ [pa.ɾjeˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧rie‧tal

Adjective

parietal m or f (masculine and feminine plural parietales)

1. (anatomy) parietal

Noun

parietal m (plural parietales)

1. parietal bone

Further reading

• “parietal”, 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