Meanings
adjectivetrigeminal (not comparable)
- not comparablerelationalanatomyOf or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve).
nountrigeminal (plural trigeminals)
plural trigeminals
- abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of trigeminal nerve.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
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Origin
From Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”) + -al, equivalent to tri- + geminal.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 三叉的
- 三叉的 (sānchāde)of or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve
Spanish trigeminal
- trigeminalof or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trigeminal
Seminoleseminalbigeminalcervicotrigeminalencephalotrigeminalextratrigeminalgeminaljuxtatrigeminalnasotrigeminalparatrigeminalspinotrigeminalsubtrigeminalsupratrigeminal
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
trigeminal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigeminal
MLA
“trigeminal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigeminal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trigeminal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trigeminal.
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