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adj.

1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front: a frontal attack.
2. Anatomy.
   1. Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
   2. Of or relating to the frontal plane.
3. Of or relating to a meteorological front.

frontally fron'tal·ly adv.
fron·tal² (frŭn'tl)
n.

1. A drapery covering the front of an altar.
2. The façade of a building.

[Middle English frontel, from Old French, from Medieval Latin frontāle, from Latin frōns, front-, forehead, front.]

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noun

The forward outer surface of a building: façade, face, front, frontage. Architecture frontispiece. See precede/follow.

The textile or panels which form the decorative front of an altar.

frontal

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In anatomy, pertaining to the forehead.

1. pertaining to the face and forehead.
2. denoting a plane passing through the body from side to side. In quadrupeds it is synonymous with a transverse plane while in bipeds it is synonymous with a coronal plane.

• f. abscess — in cattle usually results from infection of a dehorning wound, in sheep from infection by Oestrus ovis.
• f. bone — the paired bones constituting the upper part of the face.
• f. lobe — the rostral (anterior) portion of the cerebral hemisphere.
• f. nerve block — see supraorbital nerve block.
• f. plane — see dorsal plane.
• f. process — see comb.
• f. sinus — see frontal sinus.
• f. sinusitis — inflammation of the frontal sinus; commonly a sequel to infection of a dehorning wound. Occurs as a chronic disease of unknown origin in bighorn sheep running at range in the wild.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - frontal, pande-

2.
n. - alterklæde, pandebånd, pandeben

Nederlands (Dutch)
frontaal, betreffende het voorhoofd(sbot), betreffende de voorkant, betreffende een meteorologisch front, voorgevel, kleed over voorkant van altaar

Français (French)
1.
adj. - de front, (Anat) frontal, (Météo) frontal, (Cin, Phot) de face

2.
n. - (Relig) parement d'autel

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - frontal

2.
n. - Altarbehang, Fassade

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μετωπικός, μετωπιαίος, εμπρόσθιος
n. - (θρησκ.) κάλυμμα της Αγίας Τράπεζας

Italiano (Italian)
frontale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - frontal
n. - frontal, osso (m) frontal, frontão (m)

Русский (Russian)
лобный, фронтальный

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - frontal, de frente

2.
n. - frontal, fachada, hueso frontal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - pann-, frontal
n. - altarkläde, fasad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 前面的, 额的, 正面的

2. 额骨, 房屋的正面

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 額骨, 房屋的正面

2.
adj. - 前面的, 額的, 正面的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 앞의, 정면의

2.
n. - (해부) 전두골

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 正面の, 額の, 正面からの
n. - 前頭骨, 正面掛け布

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مباشر , أمامي (الاسم) واجهه , ستارة المذبح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חזיתי, קדמי, של המצח‬
n. - ‮כיסוי חזית המזבח בכנסיה, חזית בניין‬

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