appendiceal
/ˌæpənˈdɪsiəl/adjective
appendiceal is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the appendix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-P-P-E-N-D-I-C-E-A-L, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does appendiceal mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce appendiceal?
- /ˌæpənˈdɪsiəl/
- /ˈdɪʃəl/
- /əˌpɛndəˈsiəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is appendiceal?
Appendiceal appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Appendiceal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to the appendix:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | appendiculaire |
| Portuguese | apendicular |
| Spanish | apendicular |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does appendiceal come from?
By surface analysis, appendix + -al; formed in a way that reflects the appendic- of the Latin declension's inflections, reflecting the fact that English got appendix from New Latin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).