gingival
English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin gingīvālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪvəl/, /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒaɪvəl/
- Rhymes: -aɪvəl
Adjective
gingival (not comparable)
- Relating to the gums.
- Synonym: uletic
- (linguistics, obsolete) Alveolar.
Coordinate terms
dentistry location adjectivesedit
- anterior
- apical
- apicocoronal
- axial
- buccal
- buccoapical
- buccocervical
- buccogingival
- buccolabial
- buccolingual
- bucco-occlusal
- buccopalatal
- cervical
- coronal
- coronoapical
- distal
- distoapical
- distobuccal
- distocclusal
- distocervical
- distoclusal
- distocoronal
- distofacial
- distogingival
- distoincisal
- distolingual
- disto-occlusal
- distopalatal
- facial
- gingival
- incisal
- incisocervical
- inferior
- labial
- lingual
- linguobuccal
- linguo-occlusal
- mandibular
- maxillary
- mesial
- mesioapical
- mesiobuccal
- mesiocclusal
- mesiocervical
- mesioclusal
- mesiocoronal
- mesiodistal
- mesiofacial
- mesiogingival
- mesioincisal
- mesiolingual
- mesio-occlusal
- mesiopalatal
- occlusal
- palatal
- posterior
- proximal
- superior
- vestibular
Derived terms
Translations
relating to the gums
alveolar — see alveolar
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
gingival (feminine gingivale, masculine plural gingivaux, feminine plural gingivales)
Further reading
- “gingival”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gingival.
Adjective
gingival m or n (feminine singular gingivală, masculine plural gingivali, feminine and neuter plural gingivale)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | gingival | gingivală | gingivali | gingivale | |||
| definite | gingivalul | gingivala | gingivalii | gingivalele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | gingival | gingivale | gingivali | gingivale | |||
| definite | gingivalului | gingivalei | gingivalilor | gingivalelor | ||||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xinxiˈbal/ [xĩŋ.xiˈβ̞al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: gin‧gi‧val
Adjective
gingival m or f (masculine and feminine plural gingivales)
Further reading
- “gingival”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024