dotal
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Etymology edit
From Latin dotalis, from dos, dotis (“dowry”). Compare French dotal. See dot (“dowry”).
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Adjective edit
dotal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting or comprised in dower.
- 1717, Samuel Garth, Metamorphoses:
- Shall I, of one poor dotal town poſſeſt,
My people thin, my wretched country waſte
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References edit
- “dotal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
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Adjective edit
dotal (feminine dotale, masculine plural dotaux, feminine plural dotales)
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Further reading edit
- “dotal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: do‧tal
Adjective edit
dotal m or f (plural dotais)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
dotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dotales)
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Further reading edit
- “dotal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014