FromLatinparietālis, frompariēs(“wall”).

• IPA^(key):/pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

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parietal (comparativemoreparietal,superlativemostparietal)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to thewall of a body part,organ orcavity.

   Hydrochloric acid is secreted by theparietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.

   • 2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas,Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:

     The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of theparietal tuberosity or bossa[…]

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to theparietal bones.
3. Of or relating to college living and, especially, itsregulation.
   • 1856, B. H. Hall,(Please provide the book title or journal name):

     At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called theParietal Committee.

4. (botany) Attached to the main wall of theovary, and not to theaxis; said of aplacenta.

parietal (pluralparietals)

1. (anatomy) Either of the twoparietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
2. Any of thescales of asnake that are located on thehead and connected to thefrontals towards theposterior.
3. (archaeology) A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base forplasterwork.
4. (informal) Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

• Petralia

Borrowed fromLatinparietālis(“relating to walls”), frompariēs(“wall of a house”).

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[pə.ɾi.əˈtal]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[pa.ɾi.eˈtal]
• Rhymes:-al

parietal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralparietals)

1. parietal

• lòbul parietal

parietal m (pluralparietals)

1. parietal bone

• os parietal

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

FromLatinparietālis(“relating to walls”), frompariēs(“wall of a house”).

parietal m orf (pluralparietais)

1. parietal, pertaining to the parietal region of thehead

parietal m (pluralparietais)

1. (anatomy) theparietal bone

Learned borrowing fromLatinparietālis(“relating to walls”), frompariēs(“wall of a house”).

parietal m orf (pluralparietais,notcomparable)

1. (relational)wall(of aroom)
2. that which is normally hung on walls (such astapestries orpaintings)

• parietário

parietal m (pluralparietais)

1. (anatomy)parietal bone

• osso

• crânio

• occipital,frontal,temporal,esfenoide,etmoide

Borrowed fromFrenchpariétal.

parietal m orn (feminine singularparietală,masculine pluralparietali,feminine and neuter pluralparietale)

1. parietal

FromLatinparietālis.

• IPA^(key):/paɾjeˈtal/[pa.ɾjeˈt̪al]
• Rhymes:-al
• Syllabification:pa‧rie‧tal

parietal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralparietales)

1. (anatomy)parietal

parietal m (pluralparietales)

1. parietal bone

• “parietal”, inDiccionario 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