anal

anal

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.nəl/
  • 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, also vulgar informal) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from 20th c.]
  4. (informal, vulgar) Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
  5. (entomology, of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.

Synonyms

  • (compulsive and stubborn): fussy, pernickety, picky, anal-retentive

Derived terms

Related terms

  • anus

Translations

See also

  • oral

Noun

anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)

  1. (countable) Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
  2. (uncountable, informal) Anal sex.

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.

Anagrams

  • Alan, Lana, Nala, alan, lana, nala

Breton

Noun

anal f (plural analioù)

  1. breath

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈnal]

Adjective

anal m or f (masculine and feminine plural anals)

  1. anal

Derived terms

  • sexe anal

Related terms

  • anus

Further reading

  • “anal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “anal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “anal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “anal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish anel, from Proto-Brythonic *anadl, from Proto-Celtic *anatlā. Cognate with Breton anal, Irish anáil, Manx ennal, Scottish Gaelic anail, and Welsh anadl.

Noun

anal f

  1. breath
    Synonym: hwyth

Derived terms

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.nal/
  • Homophones: anale, anales, annal, annale, annales

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) anus; anal

Derived terms

Noun

anal m (uncountable)

  1. (informal) ellipsis of sexe anal

Further reading

  • “anal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

anal m or f (plural anais)

  1. anal

Further reading

  • “anal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

anal (strong nominative masculine singular analer, not comparable)

  1. anal

Declension

Derived terms

  • perianal

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

anal (comparative lebih anal, superlative paling anal)

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

Related terms

Further reading

  • “anal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from analny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.nal/
  • Rhymes: -anal
  • Syllabification: a‧nal

Noun

anal m inan

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) anal (anal sex)
    Coordinate term: oral

Declension

Further reading

  • anal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • annal (pre-standardization spelling)

Noun

anal m (plural anais)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) annal (record of events)
    Os anais da história não registam este facto. ― The annals of history have no record of this fact.

Adjective

anal m or f (plural anais)

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

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin ānālis.

Adjective

anal m or f (plural anais, not comparable)

  1. anal
Derived terms
Related terms

Noun

anal m (plural anais)

  1. ellipsis of sexo anal

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.

Adjective

anal m or f (masculine and feminine plural anales)

  1. anal
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin annālis. Doublet of añal.

Noun

anal m (plural anales)

  1. annal
    • NRV XXI, 2 Kings 10:34
Related terms

Further reading

  • “anal”, 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

Swedish

Etymology

From New Latin analis

Adjective

anal (not comparable)

  1. anal (of or related to the anus)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • anilingus
  • anus

References

  • anal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • anal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • anal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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