evidential

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēvidentiālis, from Latin ēvidentia + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.vɪˈdən.t͡ʃəl/

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• Hyphenation: ev‧i‧den‧tial

Adjective

evidential (comparative more evidential, superlative most evidential)

1. Of or providing evidence.

Synonyms

• evidentiary

Derived terms

• evidentialism
• evidentialist
• evidentialistic
• evidentiality
• evidentially

Translations

of or providing evidence

• Armenian: ապացուցողական (hy) (apacʻucʻoġakan)
• Bulgarian: доказателствен (dokazatelstven)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: bewijskrachtig
• Finnish: todistus-, todistava (fi)
• Irish: fianaiseach
• Italian: probatorio (it)
• Russian: ве́ский (ru) (véskij), убеди́тельный (ru) m (ubedítelʹnyj)

Noun

evidential (plural evidentials)

1. (linguistics) A syntactic element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality.