cervical

Borrowing from French cervical, from New Latin cervīcālis, from cervīx (“the neck, nape”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, cervic- +‎ -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪk.l̩/, /sɜːˈvaɪ.kl̩/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪk.l̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl, -aɪkəl

cervical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the neck.

   cervical pain

2. (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cervix.

   cervical cancer

cervical (plural cervicals)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of cervical vertebra.

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

Learned borrowing from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.vi.kal/

cervical (feminine cervicale, masculine plural cervicaux, feminine plural cervicales)

1. (anatomy) cervical

   vertèbre cervicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• → English: cervical

• “cervical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from New Latin cervicalis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al).

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) cervical

• vértebra cervical

cervical (not comparable)

1. cervical

• cervice

• cervīcāle

Substantivation of apocopated cervīcāle, nominative neuter singular of cervīcālis (“pertaining to the neck”), see -al.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛrˈwiː.kaɫ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃerˈviː.kal]

cervīcal n (genitive cervīcālis); third declension

1. a pillow, cushion, bolster

   Synonyms: pulvīnus, culcita, coxīnus

   • c. 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 6.16.16:

     Cervicalia capitibus imposita linteis constringunt; id munimentum adversus incidentia fuit.

     They tied down pillows placed upon their heads with linen clothes; that was their protection against falling debris.

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

• cervīcālis

• “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cervical”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "cervical", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “cervical”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cervical”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cervical”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -al). By surface analysis, cérvice +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: cer‧vi‧cal

cervical m or f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) cervical (relating to the cervix or neck)

• cérvice
• cerviz

cervical f (plural cervicais)

1. (anatomy) ellipsis of vértebra cervical

• “cervical”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cervical”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French cervical.

cervical m or n (feminine singular cervicală, masculine plural cervicali, feminine/neuter plural cervicale)

1. cervical

Borrowed from New Latin cervicālis, formed from the root of Latin cervix (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -alis (see -al). Equivalent to cérvix +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /θeɾbiˈkal/ [θeɾ.β̞iˈkal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seɾbiˈkal/ [seɾ.β̞iˈkal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cer‧vi‧cal

cervical m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervicales)

1. cervical

• “cervical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025