foetal

1. 1.

   of or relating to a fetus

   “fetal development”

   Synonymsfetal

Questions about foetal

What does foetal mean?

foetal means "of or relating to a fetus".

How many syllables are in foetal?

foetal has 3 syllables: fo-e-tal. The stress falls on "fo".

What is another word for foetal?

Close synonyms include fetal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foetal a common word?

foetal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.