fontanela
Spanish, noun/fontaˈnela/
fontanela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fontanelle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cada uno de los espacios membranosos que hay en el cráneo de los bebés antes de que se formen suturas en la…”.
What does fontanela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefontanelle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cada uno de los espacios membranosos que hay en el cráneo de los bebés antes de que se formen suturas en la osificación. 2. Instrumento de que usaban los cirujanos para abrir las fuentes en el cuerpo humano.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fontanela
- fontanelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fontanela?
- /fontaˈnela/
- [fõn̪.t̪aˈne.la]
- [fõn̪t̪aˈnela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fontanela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fontanela in Spanish?
fontanela appears about once in every 20 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).