infratemporal
/ˌɪn.fɹəˈtɛm.pəɹ.əl/adjective
infratemporal is an adjective meaning “Below the temple or temporal bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-F-R-A-T-E-M-P-O-R-A-L and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does infratemporal mean?
adjective
- 1
Below the temple or temporal bone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce infratemporal?
- US /ˌɪn.fɹəˈtɛm.pəɹ.əl/
Infratemporal has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is infratemporal?
Infratemporal appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).
Infratemporal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense below the temple or temporal bone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | infratemporal |
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 infratemporal come from?
From infra- + temporal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).