medicinal
See also: médicinal
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin medicīnālis, equivalent to medicine + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
medicinal (not comparable)
- Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
- Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Amanita jatanum, Elaaden:
- Though not poisonous, this mildly psychoactive mushroom has valuable medicinal properties. Extracted agents could be used to enhance medi-gels pain-reducing capabilities.
- 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:
- The town [Cheltenham] "is celebrated for its medicinal waters" and "has been for the last sixty years one of the most elegant and fashionable watering places in England".
- Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice.
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Translations edit
having the properties of or pertaining to medicine
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tending to cure disease
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Noun edit
medicinal (plural medicinals)
- Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.
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plant that can be used medicinally
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin medicīnālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
medicinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural medicinals)
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Further reading edit
- “medicinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “medicinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “medicinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “medicinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin medicīnālis.
Adjective edit
medicinal m or f (plural medicinais)
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Further reading edit
- “medicinal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French médicinal, from Latin medicīnālis. By surface analysis, medicină + -al.
Adjective edit
medicinal m or n (feminine singular medicinală, masculine plural medicinali, feminine and neuter plural medicinale)
Declension edit
Declension of medicinal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | medicinal | medicinală | medicinali | medicinale | ||
definite | medicinalul | medicinala | medicinalii | medicinalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | medicinal | medicinale | medicinali | medicinale | ||
definite | medicinalului | medicinalei | medicinalilor | medicinalelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin medicīnālis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /mediθiˈnal/ [me.ð̞i.θiˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /medisiˈnal/ [me.ð̞i.siˈnal]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: me‧di‧ci‧nal
Adjective edit
medicinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural medicinales)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “medicinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014