lacrimal

From Latin lācrima (“tear”)

lacrimal (comparative more lacrimal, superlative most lacrimal)

1. Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs.

lacrimal (plural lacrimals)

1. Alternative spelling of lachrymal (vase intended for collecting tears).

From Latin lacrima (“tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.kɾi.ˈmaw/

lacrimal m or f (plural lacrimais, not comparable)

1. lachrymal (relating to tears)
2. which produces tears

• (relating to tears): lagrimal
• (which produces tears): lacrimante, lagrimante, lacrimogêneo

lacrimal m (plural lacrimais)

1. (anatomy) lacrimal bone

• osso

• IPA^(key): /lakɾiˈmal/

lacrimal (plural lacrimales)

1. lachrymal (relating to tears)

   Synonym: lagrimal

• lágrima

• “lacrimal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.