neural

English Online Dictionary. What means neural‎? What does neural mean?

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnʊɹəl/, /ˈnɝəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʊəɹəl/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnjəɹəl/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʉːɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəl

Adjective

neural (not comparable)

1. (biology) Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.
2. (computing) Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “neural”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “neural”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “neural”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Launer, Lauren, ulnare, unreal

Catalan

Adjective

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurals)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Further reading

• “neural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “neural”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “neural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “neural” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nø.ʁal/

Adjective

neural (feminine neurale, masculine plural neuraux, feminine plural neurales)

1. neural

Further reading

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

Galician

Adjective

neural m or f (plural neurais)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch neuraal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /neˈural/ [neˈu.ral]
• Rhymes: -ural
• Syllabification: ne‧u‧ral

Adjective

neural

1. neural
   1. (biology) of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.
   2. (computing) modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.

Related terms

Further reading

• “neural” 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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: neu‧ral

Adjective

neural m or f (plural neurais, not comparable)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Further reading

• “neural”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “neural”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French neural.

Adjective

neural m or n (feminine singular neurală, masculine plural neurali, feminine and neuter plural neurale)

1. neural

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neuˈɾal/ [neu̯ˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: neu‧ral

Adjective

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurales)

1. (anatomy) neural (relating to nerves)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “neural”, 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