articular

English

Etymology

From Latin articularis. English article +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

articular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.

   an articular disease; an articular process

2. (grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical article.

Derived terms

• abarticular
• anguloarticular
• articular bone
• articular cartilage
• articular facet
• articularly
• biarticular
• cerebrofacioarticular
• circumarticular
• conarticular
• extraarticular
• interarticular
• intraarticular
• juxtaarticular
• juxta-articular
• monarticular
• monoarticular
• multiarticular
• musculoarticular
• nonarticular
• oligoarticular
• osteoarticular
• pauciarticular
• periarticular
• pluriarticular
• polyarticular
• postarticular
• prearticular
• retroarticular
• subarticular
• tibioarticular
• transarticular
• uniarticular

 

Translations

of, at, or relating to the joints of the body

• Bulgarian: ставен (bg) (staven)
• Catalan: articular (ca)
• French: articulaire (fr)
• Greek: αρθρικός (el) (arthrikós)
• Italian: articolare (it)
• Portuguese: articular (pt)
• Spanish: articular (es)
• Welsh: cymalol

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin articulāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.ti.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.ti.kuˈlaɾ]

Verb

articular (first-person singular present articulo, first-person singular preterite articulí, past participle articulat)

1. to articulate (to express with words)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of articular (first conjugation)

infinitive			articular
gerund			articulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		articulat		articulada
		plural		articulats		articulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	articulo	articules	articula	articulem	articuleu	articulen
	imperfect	articulava	articulaves	articulava	articulàvem	articulàveu	articulaven
	future	articularé	articularàs	articularà	articularem	articulareu	articularan
	preterite	articulí	articulares	articulà	articulàrem	articulàreu	articularen
	conditional	articularia	articularies	articularia	articularíem	articularíeu	articularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	articuli	articulis	articuli	articulem	articuleu	articulin
	imperfect	articulés	articulessis	articulés	articuléssim	articuléssiu	articulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	articula	articuli	articulem	articuleu	articulin
	negative (no)	—	no articulis	no articuli	no articulem	no articuleu	no articulin

Related terms

• articulació

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin articulāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ər.ti.kuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ər.ti.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.ti.kuˈlaɾ]

Adjective

articular m or f (masculine and feminine plural articulars)

1. articular

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin articulāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ah.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ah.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [aχ.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ti.kuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ti.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ti.kuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧cu‧lar

Verb

articular (first-person singular present articulo, first-person singular preterite articulei, past participle articulado)

1. to articulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of articular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	articular
Personal	articular	articulares	articular	articularmos	articulardes	articularem
Gerund
	articulando
Past participle
Masculine	articulado			articulados
Feminine	articulada			articuladas
Indicative
Present	articulo	articulas	articula	articulamos	articulais	articulam
Imperfect	articulava	articulavas	articulava	articulávamos	articuláveis	articulavam
Preterite	articulei	articulaste	articulou	articulamos1, articulámos2	articulastes	articularam
Pluperfect	articulara	articularas	articulara	articuláramos	articuláreis	articularam
Future	articularei	articularás	articulará	articularemos	articulareis	articularão
Conditional	articularia	articularias	articularia	articularíamos	articularíeis	articulariam
Subjunctive
Present	articule	articules	articule	articulemos	articuleis	articulem
Imperfect	articulasse	articulasses	articulasse	articulássemos	articulásseis	articulassem
Future	articular	articulares	articular	articularmos	articulardes	articularem
Imperative
Affirmative		articula	articule	articulemos	articulai	articulem
Negative (não)		não articules	não articule	não articulemos	não articuleis	não articulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• articulação

Further reading

• “articular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French articulaire, from Latin articularis.

Adjective

articular m or n (feminine singular articulară, masculine plural articulari, feminine and neuter plural articulare)

1. articular

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	articular		articulară		articulari	articulare
	definite	articularul		articulara		articularii	articularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	articular		articulare		articulari	articulare
	definite	articularului		articularei		articularilor	articularelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾtikuˈlaɾ/ [aɾ.t̪i.kuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ar‧ti‧cu‧lar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin articulāris.

Adjective

articular m or f (masculine and feminine plural articulares)

1. articular

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin articulāre.

Verb

articular (first-person singular present articulo, first-person singular preterite articulé, past participle articulado)

1. to articulate
2. to coordinate, to link

Conjugation

    Conjugation of articular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			articular
gerund			articulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		articulado		articulada
		plural		articulados		articuladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	articulo	articulastú articulásvos	articula	articulamos	articuláis	articulan
	imperfect	articulaba	articulabas	articulaba	articulábamos	articulabais	articulaban
	preterite	articulé	articulaste	articuló	articulamos	articulasteis	articularon
	future	articularé	articularás	articulará	articularemos	articularéis	articularán
	conditional	articularía	articularías	articularía	articularíamos	articularíais	articularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	articule	articulestú articulésvos2	articule	articulemos	articuléis	articulen
	imperfect (ra)	articulara	articularas	articulara	articuláramos	articularais	articularan
	imperfect (se)	articulase	articulases	articulase	articulásemos	articulaseis	articulasen
	future1	articulare	articulares	articulare	articuláremos	articulareis	articularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		articulatú articulávos	articule	articulemos	articulad	articulen
	negative		no articules	no articule	no articulemos	no articuléis	no articulen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of articular

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive articular	dative	articularme	articularte	articularle, articularse	articularnos	articularos	articularles, articularse
	accusative	articularme	articularte	articularlo, articularla, articularse	articularnos	articularos	articularlos, articularlas, articularse
with gerund articulando	dative	articulándome	articulándote	articulándole, articulándose	articulándonos	articulándoos	articulándoles, articulándose
	accusative	articulándome	articulándote	articulándolo, articulándola, articulándose	articulándonos	articulándoos	articulándolos, articulándolas, articulándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative articula	dative	articúlame	articúlate	articúlale	articúlanos	not used	articúlales
	accusative	articúlame	articúlate	articúlalo, articúlala	articúlanos	not used	articúlalos, articúlalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative articulá	dative	articulame	articulate	articulale	articulanos	not used	articulales
	accusative	articulame	articulate	articulalo, articulala	articulanos	not used	articulalos, articulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative articule	dative	articúleme	not used	articúlele, articúlese	articúlenos	not used	articúleles
	accusative	articúleme	not used	articúlelo, articúlela, articúlese	articúlenos	not used	articúlelos, articúlelas
with first-person plural imperative articulemos	dative	not used	articulémoste	articulémosle	articulémonos	articulémoos	articulémosles
	accusative	not used	articulémoste	articulémoslo, articulémosla	articulémonos	articulémoos	articulémoslos, articulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative articulad	dative	articuladme	not used	articuladle	articuladnos	articulaos	articuladles
	accusative	articuladme	not used	articuladlo, articuladla	articuladnos	articulaos	articuladlos, articuladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative articulen	dative	articúlenme	not used	articúlenle	articúlennos	not used	articúlenles, articúlense
	accusative	articúlenme	not used	articúlenlo, articúlenla	articúlennos	not used	articúlenlos, articúlenlas, articúlense

Derived terms

• articulado
• articulatorio

 

Related terms

• articulación
• artículo

 

Further reading

• “articular”, 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