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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fron•tal /ˈfrʌntəl/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- of, in, or at the front:a frontal view.
front•al•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fron•tal (frun′tl),USA pronunciation adj. - of, in, or at the front:a frontal view; frontal attack.
- [Anat.]
- Anatomyof, pertaining to, or situated near the forehead or the frontal bone.
- Anatomycoronal (def. 4c).
- Meteorologyof or pertaining to the division between dissimilar air masses:frontal zone; frontal surface.
- Fine Art
- exhibiting frontality.
- parallel to the surface in the pictorial arts or seen from the front view in sculpture:the frontal plane.
n. - Religion[Eccles.]a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- Clothingfrontlet (def. 1).
- Anatomyany of several parts in the frontal region, esp. the frontal bone.
- Old French frontel. See front, -al1
- Late Latin frontālis (Neo-Latin, in anatomy sense); replacing Middle English frountel
- 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: frontal /ˈfrʌntəl/ adj - of, at, or in the front
- of or relating to the forehead
n - a decorative hanging for the front of an altar
Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: adornment for forehead, altar cloth): via Old French frontel, from Latin frontālia (pl) ornament worn on forehead, frontellum altar cloth, both from frōns forehead, frontˈfrontally adv |