anal
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.nəl/
- Rhymes: -eɪnəl
Adjective
anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)
- (not comparable) of, related to, intended for or involving the anus
- anal thermometer
- an anal examination
- anal sex
- (psychoanalysis) of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
- (psychology) of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
- Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
- (entomology, of a vein) proximate to the thorax
Synonyms
- (3): fussy, pernickety, picky
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
of the stage in psychosexual development
of a person, obsessed with neatness, accuracy, compulsiveness and stubbornness,
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See also
Noun
anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)
Breton
French
Adjective
anal (feminine singular anale, masculine plural anaux, feminine plural anales)
- anal (relating to the anus)
Further reading
- “anal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈnaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Declension
Declension of anal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist anal | sie ist anal | es ist anal | sie sind anal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | analer | anale | anales | anale |
genitive | analen | analer | analen | analer | |
dative | analem | analer | analem | analen | |
accusative | analen | anale | anales | anale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der anale | die anale | das anale | die analen |
genitive | des analen | der analen | des analen | der analen | |
dative | dem analen | der analen | dem analen | den analen | |
accusative | den analen | die anale | das anale | die analen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein analer | eine anale | ein anales | (keine) analen |
genitive | eines analen | einer analen | eines analen | (keiner) analen | |
dative | einem analen | einer analen | einem analen | (keinen) analen | |
accusative | einen analen | eine anale | ein anales | (keine) analen |
Portuguese
Adjective
anal m or f (plural anais, comparable)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aˈnal]
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈnal/
Related terms
Noun
anal m (plural anales)
- annal
- Los demás hechos de Jehú ... están escritos en los anales de los reyes de Israel.
The other deeds of Jehu ... are written in the annals of the kings of Israel. 2 Kings 10:34 NRV XXI
- Los demás hechos de Jehú ... están escritos en los anales de los reyes de Israel.
Further reading
- “anal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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