anal
English edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)
- (not comparable) Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from 18th c.]
- anal thermometer
- an anal examination
- anal sex
- (psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. [from 20th c.]
- (psychology) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from 20th c.]
- Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
- 1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39:
- He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.
- (entomology, of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.
Synonyms edit
- (compulsive and stubborn): fussy, pernickety, picky, anal-retentive
Derived terms edit
- abanal
- adanal
- anal beads
- anal cleft
- anal-erotic
- anal expulsive, anal-expulsive
- anal fin
- anal fissure
- anal fistula
- anal gland
- anal glaucoma
- anal hook
- anal intercourse
- anality
- analize
- anally
- anal marriage
- anal pore
- anal retentive, anal-retentive
- anal-retentiveness
- anal sac
- anal sadism
- anal-sadistic
- anal sex
- anal sphincter
- anal vein
- analward
- anilingus
- circumanal
- coloanal
- endoanal
- genitoanal
- ileoanal
- ischioanal
- oroanal
- painal
- paranal
- perianal
- postanal
- preanal
- pre-anal
- puboanal
- rectoanal
- subanal
- supraanal
- suranal
- transanal
- ventrianal
- vesicoanal
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Noun edit
anal (countable and uncountable, plural anals)
- (countable) Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
- (uncountable, informal) Anal sex.
- In the right mood, I'll accept anal.
- I'll do anything except anal.
Verb edit
anal (third-person singular simple present anals, present participle (US) analing or (Commonwealth) analling, simple past and past participle (US) analed or (Commonwealth) analled)
- (transitive, slang, rare, chiefly in pornography) To penetrate anally.
- The man with the huge cock analed the hot chick.
- 2011, “L.E.S.”, in Camp, performed by Childish Gambino:
- Analling anyone is the plan for the evening / I'm kidding, stop
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Noun edit
anal f (plural analioù)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
anal m or f (masculine and feminine plural anals)
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Further reading edit
- “anal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “anal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin ānālis, or coined in French from anus + -al.
Pronunciation edit
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anal (feminine anale, masculine plural anaux, feminine plural anales)
- (relational) anus; anal
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Noun edit
anal m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “anal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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anal m or f (plural anais)
Further reading edit
- “anal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
anal (strong nominative masculine singular analer, not comparable)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist anal | sie ist anal | es ist anal | sie sind anal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | analer | anale | anales | anale |
genitive | analen | analer | analen | analer | |
dative | analem | analer | analem | analen | |
accusative | analen | anale | anales | anale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der anale | die anale | das anale | die analen |
genitive | des analen | der analen | des analen | der analen | |
dative | dem analen | der analen | dem analen | den analen | |
accusative | den analen | die anale | das anale | die analen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein analer | eine anale | ein anales | (keine) analen |
genitive | eines analen | einer analen | eines analen | (keiner) analen | |
dative | einem analen | einer analen | einem analen | (keinen) analen | |
accusative | einen analen | eine anale | ein anales | (keine) analen |
Derived terms edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch anaal, from French anal, from Latin ānālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
anal
- anal: of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
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Further reading edit
- “anal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from analny.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anal m inan
- (colloquial, vulgar) anal (anal sex)
- Coordinate term: oral
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- anal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin annālis. By surface analysis, ano + al.
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
anal m or f (plural anais)
Noun edit
anal m (plural anais)
Etymology 2 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin ānālis.
Adjective edit
anal m or f (plural anais, not comparable)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
anal m (plural anais)
- anal (anal sex)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French anal, Latin ānālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
anal m or n (feminine singular anală, masculine plural anali, feminine and neuter plural anale)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
anal m or f (masculine and feminine plural anales)
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin annālis. Doublet of añal.
Noun edit
anal m (plural anales)
- annal
- NRV XXI, 2 Kings 10:34
- Los demás hechos de Jehú ... están escritos en los anales de los reyes de Israel.
- The other deeds of Jehu ... are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.
- NRV XXI, 2 Kings 10:34
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “anal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
anal (not comparable)
- anal (of or related to the anus)
Declension edit
Inflection of anal | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | anal | — | — |
Neuter singular | analt | — | — |
Plural | anala | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | anale | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | anale | — | — |
All | anala | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
- analblekning (“anal bleaching”)
- analfena (“anal fin”)
- analfissur (“anal fissure”)
- analplugg (“butt plug”)
- analpropp (“anal plug”)
- analkula (“anal bead”)
- analsex (“anal sex”)
- analsond (“anal probe”)
- analtampong (“anal tampon”)
- analöppning (“anus”)