ramal

From ramus +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪməl/

ramal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, dated) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branching
   • 1890, R.W. Shufeldt, “Osteophysiology of Arctic and Subarctic Water-Birds”, in Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 24, page 98:

     Between the ramal walls above this the bone is longitudinally scooped out to the upper termination of the symphysis.

• LRAAM, Lamar, Marla, alarm, malar, marla

From ram +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈmal]

ramal m (plural ramals)

1. halter
2. branch
3. (rail transport) branch line

• “ramal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ramal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ramal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ramal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Malay ramal, from Classical Malay ramal, from Arabic رَمْل (raml, “sand”).

• IPA^(key): /ramal/
• Rhymes: -amal, -mal, -al

ramal (first-person possessive ramalku, second-person possessive ramalmu, third-person possessive ramalnya)

1. (obsolete) sand
2. (obsolete) the sand used in fortunetelling

• (sand): pasir

ramal

1. (colloquial) to divine

From Malay ramal, from Classical Malay ramal (“handkerchief”).

• IPA^(key): /ramal/
• Rhymes: -amal, -mal, -al

ramal (first-person possessive ramalku, second-person possessive ramalmu, third-person possessive ramalnya)

1. (obsolete) handkerchief

• saputangan

ramal

1. to predict

• peramal
• ramalan

Borrowed from Arabic رَمْل (raml).

• IPA^(key): /ramal/
• Rhymes: -amal, -mal, -al

ramal (Jawi spelling رامل, plural ramal-ramal, informal 1st possessive ramalku, 2nd possessive ramalmu, 3rd possessive ramalnya)

1. sand (finely ground rock)

• pasir / ڤاسير

• Indonesian: ramal

Root
r-m-l
12 terms

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.mal/

ramal m (plural irmla or rmiel)

1. Alternative form of ramel: sand

From ramo +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ra‧mal

ramal m (plural ramais)

1. branch (part that divides like the branch of a tree)
   1. (rail transport) branch line
   2. (Brazil) each telephone number of a private network

From ramo +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /raˈmal/ [raˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ra‧mal

ramal m (plural ramales)

1. exit (of a highway or road)
2. branch (of an organization)
3. (rail transport) branch line
4. halter (of horse)

• “ramal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28