anal

See also: Anal, anál, añal, -anál, and aŋal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.nəl/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪnəl

Adjective

anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)

  1. (not comparable) Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from 18th c.]
    anal thermometer
    an anal examination
    anal sex
  2. (psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. [from 20th c.]
  3. (psychology) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from 20th c.]
    Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
    • 1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39:
      He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.
  4. (entomology, of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.

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Noun

anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)

  1. (countable) Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
  2. (uncountable, informal) Anal sex.
    In the right mood, I'll accept anal.
    I'll do anything except anal.

Verb

anal (third-person singular simple present anals, present participle (US) analing or (Commonwealth) analling, simple past and past participle (US) analed or (Commonwealth) analled)

  1. (transitive, slang, rare, chiefly in pornography) To penetrate anally.
    The man with the huge cock analed the hot chick.

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Breton

Noun

anal f (plural analioù)

  1. breath

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

anal (masculine and feminine plural anals)

  1. anal

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis, or coined in French from anus +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

anal (feminine anale, masculine plural anaux, feminine plural anales)

  1. (relational) anus; anal

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈnaːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

anal (strong nominative masculine singular analer, not comparable)

  1. anal

Declension
Positive forms of anal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist anal sie ist anal es ist anal sie sind anal
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative analer anale anales anale
genitive analen analer analen analer
dative analem analer analem analen
accusative analen anale anales anale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der anale die anale das anale die analen
genitive des analen der analen des analen der analen
dative dem analen der analen dem analen den analen
accusative den analen die anale das anale die analen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein analer eine anale ein anales (keine) analen
genitive eines analen einer analen eines analen (keiner) analen
dative einem analen einer analen einem analen (keinen) analen
accusative einen analen eine anale ein anales (keine) analen

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch anaal, from French anal, from Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈanal]
  • Hyphenation: anal

Adjective

anal

  1. anal: of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈnaw/ [aˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈnal/ [ɐˈnaɫ]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: a‧nal

Etymology 1

From Latin annālis. By surface analysis, ano +‎ al.

Adjective

anal m or f (plural anais)

  1. (obsolete) annual, yearly (happening once a year)
    Synonym: anual

Noun

anal m (plural anais)

  1. (obsolete) something that happens once a year

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin ānālis.

Adjective

anal m or f (plural anais, not comparable)

  1. anal
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Noun

anal m (plural anais)

  1. anal (anal sex)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anal, Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [aˈnal]

Adjective

anal m or n (feminine singular anală, masculine plural anali, feminine and neuter plural anale)

  1. anal

Declension
Declension of anal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite anal anală anali anale
definite analul anala analii analele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite anal anale anali anale
definite analului analei analilor analelor

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈnal/ [aˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧nal

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Adjective

anal (plural anales)

  1. anal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin annālis. Doublet of añal.

Noun

anal m (plural anales)

  1. annal
    • NRV XXI, 2 Kings 10:34
      Los demás hechos de Jehú ... están escritos en los anales de los reyes de Israel.
      The other deeds of Jehu ... are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.

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Swedish

Adjective

anal (not comparable)

  1. anal (of or related to the anus)

Declension
Inflection of anal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular anal — —
Neuter singular analt — —
Plural anala — —
Masculine plural3 anale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 anale — —
All anala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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