pineal

From French pinéal, from Middle French, from Latin pīnea (“pine cone, pine nut”), from pīneus (“of the pine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnɪəl/

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pineal (comparative more pineal, superlative most pineal)

1. In the shape of a pine cone.
2. Pertaining to the pineal gland.

pineal (plural pineals)

1. The pineal gland.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 310:

     Because of its central location and its solitary nature — most structures in the brain come in pairs, but the pineal stands alone — the philosopher René Descartes concluded that the pineal is where the soul resides.

• Alpine, Lapine, Nepali, alpine, apelin, penial, plaine

Borrowed from French pinéal.

pineal m or n (feminine singular pineală, masculine plural pineali, feminine and neuter plural pineale)

1. pineal

From Latin pinea +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /pineˈal/ [pi.neˈal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pi‧ne‧al

pineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural pineales)

1. pineal

• “pineal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014