abaxial
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ab- (“away from”) + axial (“axis”)Category:English terms prefixed with ab-#AXIAL.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæˈbæk.si.əl/Category:English 4-syllable words#ABAXIALCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL[1] or IPA(key): /æbˈæk.si.əl/Category:English 4-syllable words#ABAXIALCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL[2]
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ABAXIALAudio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ABAXIALAudio (Canada): (file) - Hyphenation US: ab‧ax‧i‧al, UK: ab‧ax‧ial
Adjective
abaxial (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#ABAXIALCategory:English adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with entries#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with 8 entries#ABAXIAL
- (botanyCategory:en:Botany#ABAXIAL, zoologyCategory:en:Zoology#ABAXIAL) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf, or the back of an animal. [Mid 19th century.][3]
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7:
- The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.Category:English terms with quotations#ABAXIAL
- (botanyCategory:en:Botany#ABAXIAL) Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.[4]
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
References
- ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2
- ↑ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abaxial”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 2.
- ↑ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaxial”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
- ↑ Jackson, Benjamin Daydon (1928), A glossary of botanic terms with their derivation and accent, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, page 1
Catalan
Etymology
From ab- + axialCategory:Catalan terms prefixed with ab-#AXIAL.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βək.siˈal]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.bək.siˈal]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.bak.siˈal]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
Adjective
abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxials)Category:Catalan lemmas#ABAXIALCategory:Catalan adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with entries#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with 8 entries#ABAXIAL
Further reading
- “abaxial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “abaxial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
French
Etymology
From ab- + axialCategory:French terms prefixed with ab-#AXIAL.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bak.sjal/Category:French 3-syllable words#ABAXIALCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ABAXIALAudio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ABAXIALAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ABAXIALAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ABAXIALAudio (France): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#ABAXIALAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Adjective
abaxial (plural abaxiaux)Category:French lemmas#ABAXIALCategory:French adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with entries#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with 8 entries#ABAXIAL
Galician
Etymology
From ab- + axialCategory:Galician terms prefixed with ab-#AXIAL.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abakˈsjal/ [aβ̞.ɑkˈs̺jɑɫ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
- Rhymes: -alCategory:Rhymes:Galician/al#ABAXIALCategory:Rhymes:Galician/al/3 syllables#ABAXIAL
- Hyphenation: ab‧ax‧ial
Adjective
abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)Category:Galician lemmas#ABAXIALCategory:Galician adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Galician epicene adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with entries#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with 8 entries#ABAXIAL
- abaxial (that is not on the optical axis)
- (medicineCategory:gl:Medicine#ABAXIAL) abaxial (which is outside the line considered the axis of an organ)
German
Etymology
From LatinCategory:German terms derived from Latin#ABAXIAL ab- + axial.
Pronunciation
Adjective
abaxial (strong nominative masculine singular abaxialer, not comparable)Category:German lemmas#ABAXIALCategory:German adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:German uncomparable adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with entries#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with 8 entries#ABAXIAL
Declension
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist abaxial | sie ist abaxial | es ist abaxial | sie sind abaxial | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | abaxialer | abaxiale | abaxiales | abaxiale |
| genitive | abaxialen | abaxialer | abaxialen | abaxialer | |
| dative | abaxialem | abaxialer | abaxialem | abaxialen | |
| accusative | abaxialen | abaxiale | abaxiales | abaxiale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der abaxiale | die abaxiale | das abaxiale | die abaxialen |
| genitive | des abaxialen | der abaxialen | des abaxialen | der abaxialen | |
| dative | dem abaxialen | der abaxialen | dem abaxialen | den abaxialen | |
| accusative | den abaxialen | die abaxiale | das abaxiale | die abaxialen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein abaxialer | eine abaxiale | ein abaxiales | (keine) abaxialen |
| genitive | eines abaxialen | einer abaxialen | eines abaxialen | (keiner) abaxialen | |
| dative | einem abaxialen | einer abaxialen | einem abaxialen | (keinen) abaxialen | |
| accusative | einen abaxialen | eine abaxiale | ein abaxiales | (keine) abaxialen | |
Portuguese
Etymology
From ab- + axialCategory:Portuguese terms prefixed with ab-#AXIAL.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bak.siˈaw/ [a.bak.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.bakˈsjaw/ [a.bakˈsjaʊ̯]Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#ABAXIALCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ABAXIALCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈksjal/ [ɐ.βɐˈksjaɫ]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ABAXIALCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bɐˈksja.li/ [ɐ.βɐˈksja.li]Category:Portuguese 4-syllable words#ABAXIALCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -awCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/al#ABAXIALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/al/4 syllables#ABAXIALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aw#ABAXIALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aw/4 syllables#ABAXIAL
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧xi‧al
Adjective
abaxial m or f (plural abaxiais)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ABAXIALCategory:Portuguese adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Portuguese epicene adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with entries#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with 8 entries#ABAXIAL
- (botanyCategory:pt:Botany#ABAXIAL, zoologyCategory:pt:Zoology#ABAXIAL) abaxial (away from the axis)
Further reading
- “abaxial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “abaxial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#ABAXIALCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#ABAXIAL abaxial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaksiˈal/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
- Rhymes: -alCategory:Rhymes:Romanian/al#ABAXIALCategory:Rhymes:Romanian/al/4 syllables#ABAXIAL
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧xi‧ál
Adjective
abaxial m or n (feminine singular abaxială, masculine plural abaxiali, feminine/neuter plural abaxiale)Category:Romanian lemmas#ABAXIALCategory:Romanian adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with entries#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with 8 entries#ABAXIAL
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | abaxial | abaxială | abaxiali | abaxiale | ||
| definite | abaxialul | abaxiala | abaxialii | abaxialele | |||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | abaxial | abaxiale | abaxiali | abaxiale | ||
| definite | abaxialului | abaxialei | abaxialilor | abaxialelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
From ab- + axialCategory:Spanish terms prefixed with ab-#AXIAL.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaɡˈsjal/ [a.β̞aɣ̞ˈsjal]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ABAXIALCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAXIAL
- Rhymes: -alCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/al#ABAXIALCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/al/3 syllables#ABAXIAL
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧xial
Adjective
abaxial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaxiales)Category:Spanish lemmas#ABAXIALCategory:Spanish adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Spanish epicene adjectives#ABAXIALCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with entries#ABAXIALCategory:Pages with 8 entries#ABAXIAL