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frontal

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹʌn.təl/

The English word “frontal” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
  2. Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
  3. Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
  4. Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
  5. Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
  6. Of or relating to a weather front.

noun

  1. A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
  2. The façade of a building.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, from frons (“the forehead, brow, front”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to front + -al; cognate of French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.

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