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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl/, /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹl̩/, /səˈɹiː.bɹəl/, /səˈɹiː.bɹl̩/
• (General American) IPA: /səˈɹi.bɹəl/, /ˈsɛɹ.əb.ɹəl/
• 韻: -ɛɹɪbɹəl, -iːbɹəl

語源 1

Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum +‎ -al.

形容詞

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.

   Synonyms: brainial (uncommon), brainy (rare)

2. Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.

   Coordinate term: visceral

   • 2024 September 19, James Miller, “Karl Marx, Weirder Than Ever”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Certainly, “Capital” is a cerebral read and the dangers of the world Marx lived in are not all the same as ours.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

派生語

語源 2

Semantic loan from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “pertaining to the head”).

形容詞

cerebral (comparative more cerebral, superlative most cerebral)

1. (linguistics, obsolete) Retroflex.

参照

• “cerebral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cerebral”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.