different between fetial vs fetal

English

Etymology

From Latin f?ti?lis (“priest who sanctioned treaties and demanded satisfaction from enemies before formal declarations of war”).

The root of the Latin word is thought to be Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to do, place, put”), also the source of the verb Latin faci? (“to do; to build, construct; to appoint”). The nominalized form of this verb, Proto-Indo-European *d?éh?tis (“act of putting, placement”), would have developed into an Italic noun *f?tis (unattested, but conjectured to mean something like "statute, treaty" or "prescription, law", developing to mean "body of priests"), which was combined with the adjective-forming suffix -?lis to yield Latin f?ti?lis.

The unadapted Latin forms fetialis (singular) and fetiales (plural) are also used in English, sometimes with italicization, sometimes without.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fi???l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fi??l/
• Hyphenation: fe?tial

Noun

fetial (plural fetials)

1. (Ancient Rome, politics, religion, historical) A member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations.

Alternative forms

• fecial

Translations

Adjective

fetial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a fetial (member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations); (by extension) ambassadorial, heraldic.
2. Concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace.

Alternative forms

• fecial

Translations

References

• fetial at OneLook Dictionary Search
• fetial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• fetial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IATEFL

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) foetal
• (UK, obsolete) fœtal
• (obsolete) phoetal, phœtal
• (obsolete) fætal

Etymology

fetus +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fitl?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?l

Adjective

fetal (not comparable)

1. (embryology) Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.

   fetal circulation

   fetal membranes

Usage notes

The form fetal is preferred in North America and in the scientific community, whereas foetal is still commonly used in Commonwealth nations.

Synonyms

• zygotal

Derived terms

• extrafetal
• nonfetal

Coordinate terms

• gametal, zygotal, blastocystic, blastular

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fetal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• E flat, E-flat, aleft, alfet, e flat, e-flat

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /f??tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fe?tal/
• Homophone: fatal (Balearic, Central)

Adjective

fetal (masculine and feminine plural fetals)

1. fetal

Related terms

• fetus

Further reading

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

Galician

Adjective

fetal m or f (plural fetais)

1. fetal

Related terms

• feto

Further reading

• “fetal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fe?ta?l]
• Hyphenation: fe?tal
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

fetal (not comparable)

1. fetal

   Synonym: fötal

Declension

Further reading

• “fetal” in Duden online

Portuguese

Adjective

fetal m or f (plural fetais, comparable)

1. fetal (pertaining to fetuses)

Related terms

• feto

Further reading

• “fetal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French fœtal

Adjective

fetal m or n (feminine singular fetal?, masculine plural fetali, feminine and neuter plural fetale)

1. fetal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?tal/, [fe?t?al]

Adjective

fetal (plural fetales)

1. fetal

Related terms

• feto

Further reading

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