crural

English

Alternative forms

• crurall (obsolete)
• cruralle (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin crūrālis, from crūs (“leg”) (stem: crūr-).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʊəɹəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

Adjective

crural (not comparable)

1. (chiefly anatomy) Pertaining to the leg.
2. Leg-like in shape or constitution.

Derived terms

• bicrural
• brachiocrural
• crural arch
• crural artery
• crural canal
• cruralgia
• crural hernia
• crural nerve
• crural ring
• crural septum
• crural sheath
• crural vein
• crural vessel
• femorocrural
• genitocrural
• inguinocrural
• intercrural
• lumbocrural
• popliteocrural
• postcrural
• precrural
• retrocrural
• talocrural
• tarsocrural
• vulvocrural

 

Related terms

• crure (obsolete, rare)
• crured (heraldry)
• crus (geometry and anatomy)

Translations

pertaining to the leg

• Finnish: jalka-, sääri-
• Italian: crurale (it)
• Spanish: crural (es)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crural.

Adjective

crural m or n (feminine singular crurală, masculine plural crurali, feminine and neuter plural crurale)

1. crural

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	crural		crurală		crurali	crurale
	definite	cruralul		crurala		cruralii	cruralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	crural		crurale		crurali	crurale
	definite	cruralului		cruralei		cruralilor	cruralelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾuˈɾal/ [kɾuˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cru‧ral

Adjective

crural m or f (masculine and feminine plural crurales)

1. (anatomy) crural

Derived terms

• bíceps crural
• cuadrado crural

 

Further reading

• “crural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10