intercostal

inter- +‎ costal

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.təˈkɒs.təl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚˈkɔ.stəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

intercostal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Between the ribs of an animal or person.
2. (nautical) Between the ribs of a boat.

• intercostal space

intercostal (plural intercostals)

1. (anatomy) The intercostal muscles.
2. (anatomy) Something that is between the ribs of an animal.
3. (nautical) Hull reinforcing inserted between frames or bulkheads of a boat.

• intercostalis

• trilactones

From inter- +‎ costal.

intercostal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercostals)

1. (anatomy) intercostal

• “intercostal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “intercostal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “intercostal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “intercostal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔs.tal/

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intercostal (feminine intercostale, masculine plural intercostaux, feminine plural intercostales)

1. intercostal

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

Borrowed from French intercostal.

intercostal m or n (feminine singular intercostală, masculine plural intercostali, feminine and neuter plural intercostale)

1. intercostal

From inter- +‎ costal.

• IPA^(key): /inteɾkosˈtal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.kosˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧cos‧tal

intercostal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercostales)

1. (anatomy) intercostal

intercostal m (plural intercostales)

1. (anatomy) intercostal

• “intercostal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014