frontalis
/ˌfɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/noun
frontalis is a noun meaning “A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L-I-S and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of frontalis is frontales.
What does frontalis mean?
noun
- 1
A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frontalis?
- US /ˌfɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/
Frontalis has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of frontalis
- frontales plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frontalis?
Frontalis appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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).
Frontalis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense muscle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | frontal, músculo frontal |
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 frontalis come from?
Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, clipping of mūsculus frontālis (“frontal muscle”). Doublet of frontal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).