os occipital
French, noun/ɔ.s‿ɔk.si.pi.tal/
os occipital is spelled O-S-O-C-C-I-P-I-T-A-L (11 letters). Os occipital is a French masculine noun meaning “occipital bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Os plat, situé à l’arrière et en bas du crâne, percé du trou occipital qui laisse passer le bulbe rachidien”.
What does os occipital mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoccipital bone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Os plat, situé à l’arrière et en bas du crâne, percé du trou occipital qui laisse passer le bulbe rachidien.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of os occipital
- os occipitaux plural
- occipital
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce os occipital?
- /ɔ.s‿ɔk.si.pi.tal/
- \ɔ.s‿ɔk.si.pi.tal\
- [ɔ.s‿ɔk.si.pi.tal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.