anal
English
/ˈeɪ.nəl/
adj
Definitions
- (not comparable) of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
- (psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
- (psychology) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
- (entomology) Proximate to the thorax.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ānālis.
Origin
Latin
ānālis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abanal English
- abanally English
- anal glaucoma English
- anality English
- anally English
- analward English
- circumanal English
- coloanal English
- endoanal English
- genitoanal English
- glaucoma English
- ileoanal English
- ischioanal English
- paranal English
- perianal English
- perianally English
- postanal English
- pre-anal English
- preanal English
- puboanal English
- rectoanal English
- subanal English
- supraanal English
- suranal English
- transanal English
- transanally English
- ventrianal English
- vesicoanal English
- anus Latin
- ānellus Latin
- ānus Latin
- ānālis Latin
- anal German
- anal French
- anal Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁eh₂no- Proto-Indo-European
- アナル Japanese
- analny Polish
- אנאלי Hebrew (modern)