gingival

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin gingīvālis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪvəl

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪvəl/

Adjective

gingival (not comparable)

1. Relating to the gums.

   Synonym: uletic

2. (linguistics, obsolete) Alveolar.

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Translations

relating to the gums

• Finnish: ien-, gingivaalinen (fi)
• French: gingival (fr)
• Polish: dziąsłowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: gengival (pt)
• Romanian: gingival (ro)
• Spanish: gingival
• Volapük: gingifik

alveolar — see alveolar

French

Adjective

gingival (feminine gingivale, masculine plural gingivaux, feminine plural gingivales)

1. gingival

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)

1. gingival

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)

1. gingival

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], 2024 December 10