cenital

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cenit

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish cenital

From cenit + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeniˈtal/ [θe.niˈt̪al] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seniˈtal/ [se.niˈt̪al] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ce‧ni‧tal

Adjective

cenital m or f (masculine and feminine plural cenitales)

1. zenithal

Derived terms

• cenitalmente

Further reading

• “cenital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025