feudal
See also: feudał
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). More at fee.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfjuːdl̩/, [ˈfjuː.dɫ̩]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfjudəl/, [ˈfju.ɾɫ̩]
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: futile (some US accents)
- Rhymes: -uːdəl
- Hyphenation: feud‧al
Adjective
editfeudal (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to feudalism.
- 1987, Deleuze & Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456:
- And the birth of nations implies many artifices: Not only are they constituted in an active struggle against the imperial or evolved systems, the feudal systems, and the autonomous cities, but they crush their own "minorities," in other words, minoritarian phenomena that could be termed "nationalitarian," which work from within and if need be turn to the old codes to find a greater degree of freedom.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof, or relating to feudalism
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Catalan
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfeudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudals)
Danish
editAdjective
editfeudal
Related terms
editFurther reading
editGerman
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfeudal (strong nominative masculine singular feudaler, comparative feudaler, superlative am feudalsten)
Declension
editPositive forms of feudal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist feudal | sie ist feudal | es ist feudal | sie sind feudal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | feudaler | feudale | feudales | feudale |
genitive | feudalen | feudaler | feudalen | feudaler | |
dative | feudalem | feudaler | feudalem | feudalen | |
accusative | feudalen | feudale | feudales | feudale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der feudale | die feudale | das feudale | die feudalen |
genitive | des feudalen | der feudalen | des feudalen | der feudalen | |
dative | dem feudalen | der feudalen | dem feudalen | den feudalen | |
accusative | den feudalen | die feudale | das feudale | die feudalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein feudaler | eine feudale | ein feudales | (keine) feudalen |
genitive | eines feudalen | einer feudalen | eines feudalen | (keiner) feudalen | |
dative | einem feudalen | einer feudalen | einem feudalen | (keinen) feudalen | |
accusative | einen feudalen | eine feudale | ein feudales | (keine) feudalen |
Comparative forms of feudal
Superlative forms of feudal
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editFrom feudo (“feud”) + -al (“of or relating to”).
Pronunciation
edit
Adjective
editfeudal m or f (plural feudais, not comparable)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “feudal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian feudale or French féodal. By surface analysis, feudă + -al.
Adjective
editfeudal m or n (feminine singular feudală, masculine plural feudali, feminine and neuter plural feudale)
Declension
editDeclension of feudal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | feudal | feudală | feudali | feudale | ||
definite | feudalul | feudala | feudalii | feudalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | feudal | feudale | feudali | feudale | ||
definite | feudalului | feudalei | feudalilor | feudalelor |
Related terms
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfeudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudales)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “feudal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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