how to pronounce parietal

/pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/

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parietal is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of parietal in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in a cleft in the parietal lobe so the …”

meanings of parietal

adjective:

Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
Of or relating to the parietal bones.

noun:

Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

parietal frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word parietal occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics parietal can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that parietal can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;