intercostal

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ costal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.təˈkɒs.təl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈkɔ.stəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

Adjective

intercostal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Between the ribs of an animal or person.
2. (nautical) Between the ribs of a boat.

Derived terms

• intercostal space

Translations

anatomy: between the ribs of an animal or person

• Arabic: وَرْبِيَّة f pl (warbiyya), وَرْبِيّ m (warbiyy)
• Bulgarian: междуребрен (meždurebren)
• Catalan: intercostal
• Dutch: tussenribs, intercostaal (nl)
• German: interkostal (de)
• Ido: interkosta (io)
• Polish: międzyżebrowy (pl)
• Russian: межрёберный (ru) (mežrjóbernyj), междурёберный (meždurjóbernyj)
• Slovak: medzirebrový

Noun

intercostal (plural intercostals)

1. (anatomy) The intercostal muscles.
2. (anatomy) Something that is between the ribs of an animal.
3. (nautical) Hull reinforcing inserted between frames or bulkheads of a boat.

Related terms

• intercostalis

Translations

intercostal muscle

• Dutch: tussenribspier f

Anagrams

• trilactones

Catalan

Etymology

From inter- +‎ costal.

Adjective

intercostal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercostals)

1. (anatomy) intercostal

Further reading

• “intercostal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “intercostal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “intercostal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “intercostal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From inter- +‎ costal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔs.tal/

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Adjective

intercostal (feminine intercostale, masculine plural intercostaux, feminine plural intercostales)

1. intercostal

Related terms

• entrecôte

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intercostal.

Adjective

intercostal m or n (feminine singular intercostală, masculine plural intercostali, feminine and neuter plural intercostale)

1. intercostal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intercostal		intercostală		intercostali	intercostale
	definite	intercostalul		intercostala		intercostalii	intercostalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intercostal		intercostale		intercostali	intercostale
	definite	intercostalului		intercostalei		intercostalilor	intercostalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From inter- +‎ costal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾkosˈtal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.kosˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧cos‧tal

Adjective

intercostal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercostales)

1. (anatomy) intercostal

Noun

intercostal m (plural intercostales)

1. (anatomy) intercostal

Derived terms

• intercostal externo
• intercostal interno
• intercostal medio
• intercostobraquial

 

Further reading

• “intercostal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28