fetal

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

From fetus +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfitl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːtəl

fetal (not comparable)

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

   fetal circulation

   fetal membranes

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

• zygotal

• gametal, zygotal, blastocystic, blastular

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fetal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [feˈtal]
• Homophone: fatal (Balearic, Central)

fetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fetals)

1. fetal

• fetus

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

fetal m or f (plural fetais)

1. fetal

• feto

• “fetal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• IPA^(key): [feˈtaːl]
• Hyphenation: fe‧tal

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

fetal (strong nominative masculine singular fetaler, not comparable)

1. fetal

   Synonym: fötal

• “fetal” in Duden online
• “fetal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /fèː.tál/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸèː.tál]

fḕtal

1. (of a space) open

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: fe‧tal

fetal m or f (plural fetais)

1. fetal (pertaining to fetuses)

• feto

• “fetal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from French fœtal.

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

1. fetal

• IPA^(key): /feˈtal/ [feˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fe‧tal

fetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fetales)

1. fetal

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