Nadal

See also: nadal, Nadâl, nadał, nadął, and nädal

English

Etymology

From Romance (French Nadal (“Occitan Nadal”), Spanish Nadal (“Catalan Nadal, Occitan Nadal”), Italian Nadal (“Venetian Nadal”)). From Latin natalis (“birth, birthday”).

Proper noun

Nadal (plural Nadals)

1. A surname from the Romance languages.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: Nadal (ca)
• French: Nadal (fr)
• Italian: Nadal (it)
• Occitan: Nadal (oc)
• Spanish: Nadal (es)
• Venetian: Nadal (vec)

Anagrams

• Aland, Landa, N.D. Ala., Ndala, aland

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nadal, from Latin nātālem [diēm Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal, a learnèd borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈðal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [naˈðal]

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Proper noun

Nadal m

1. Christmas

Derived terms

• arbre de Nadal
• bon Nadal
• nadala
• nadalenc
• nit de Nadal
• tió de Nadal

 

Related terms

• Natàlia

References

• “Nadal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “Nadal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “Nadal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “Nadal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• Natal (southern Galicia)

Etymology

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Compare Portuguese Natal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈðal/

Proper noun

Nadal m

1. Christmas Day
2. Christmas

Related terms

• nadal (“December”)

References

• “Nadal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “Nadal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “Nadal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “Nadal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nadal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Proper noun

Nadal m

1. Christmas

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Compare Italian Natale.

Proper noun

Nadal m

1. Christmas