occipitalis
/ɑkˌsɪp.əˈteɪ.lɪs/noun
occipitalis is a noun meaning “A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-C-C-I-P-I-T-A-L-I-S and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of occipitalis is occipitales.
What does occipitalis mean?
noun
- 1
A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is 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 occipitalis?
- US /ɑkˌsɪp.əˈteɪ.lɪs/
Occipitalis has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of occipitalis
- occipitales plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is occipitalis?
Occipitalis appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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).
Occipitalis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense muscle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | occipital, músculo occipital |
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 occipitalis come from?
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin occipitālis, ellipsis of mūsculus occipitālis (“occipital muscle”). Doublet of occipital.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).