English Etymology From autosome + -al. Adjective autosomal (comparative more autosomal, superlative most autosomal) Of or pertaining to autosomes. Derived terms autosomal dominantautosomal geneautosomallyautosomal recessiveinterautosomalnonautosomalpseudoautosomal Translations of or pertaining to autosomes Dutch: autosomaal Finnish: autosomaalinen Portuguese: autossómico (Portugal), autossômico (pt) (Brazil) Spanish: autosómico Turkish: otozomal Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.