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occipital

Spanish, noun/oɡθipiˈtal/

occipital is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “occipital bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does occipital mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineoccipital

noun

  1. 1

    masculineoccipital bone

  2. 2

    masculineoccipitalis

  3. 3

    masculineoccipital lobe

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of occipital

  • occipitales feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce occipital?

  • /oɡθipiˈtal/
  • [oɣ̞.θi.piˈt̪al]
  • /oɡsipiˈtal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to occipital

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is occipital in Spanish?

occipital appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).