architectural
English edit
Etymology edit
architecture + -al
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
architectural (comparative more architectural, superlative most architectural)
- Pertaining to architecture.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
- Resembling architecture in style; seeming to have been designed (by an architect).
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
pertaining to architecture
French edit
Etymology edit
From architecture + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
architectural (feminine architecturale, masculine plural architecturaux, feminine plural architecturales)
Further reading edit
- “architectural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.