infraorbital
/ˌɪn.fɹəˈɔɹ.bət.l̩/adjective, noun
infraorbital is an adjective meaning “Below the orbit of the eye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-F-R-A-O-R-B-I-T-A-L and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does infraorbital mean?
adjective
- 1
Below the orbit of the eye.
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of infraorbital bone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce infraorbital?
- US /ˌɪn.fɹəˈɔɹ.bət.l̩/
Infraorbital has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-infraorbital.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of infraorbital
- infraorbitals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is infraorbital?
Infraorbital appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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).
Infraorbital in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense below the orbit:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | infraorbitario |
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 infraorbital come from?
From infra- + orbital.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).