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modal

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle French modal, from Medieval Latin modālis (“pertaining to a mode”), from Latin modus (“mode”). Compare to French, Spanish, and Portuguese modal and Italian modale. By surface analysis, mod(e) +‎ -al.

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modal (comparative more modal, superlative most modal)

  1. Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
  2. (grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
  3. (music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
  4. (of music, by extension) In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
  5. (logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
  6. (statistics) Relating to the statistical mode.
  7. (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
    Antonym: modeless
  8. (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
    • a. 2011, “Dialog Windows”, in Qt Widgets Documentation‎[1], archived from the original on February 7, 2020:
      Dialogs can be modal, in which case the user is required to provide necessary information before work in the main window can continue, or modeless. Modeless dialogs do not prevent the user from interacting with any of the other windows in the application.
    a modal dialog; a modal window
    Antonym: modeless
  9. (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
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Noun

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modal (plural modals)

  1. (logic) A modal proposition.
  2. (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
  3. (grammar) A modal verb.
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar: A First Course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 61:
      Using the same type of distributional criterion, we could argue that only a Verb (in its base form) can occur in the position marked — in (23) below to complete the sentence:
      (23)     They/it can —
      [...]
      Conversely, the only type of word which could be used to begin a three-word sentence such as (25) below:
      (25)     — I be frank?
      is a Modal: cf. [...]
  4. (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
    • 1996, OOPSLA '96: Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications, volume 31, numbers 10-12:
      Modal screen elements are subtrees which, when activated, disable all elements external to them. Examples of modals are yes-no message boxes and the application itself.
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Etymology 2

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A genericized trademark of Lenzing AG.

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modal (uncountable)

  1. (fabric) A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin modālis.

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modal m or f (masculine and feminine plural modals)

  1. modal

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French

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From Medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus 'mode'.

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modal (feminine modale, masculine plural modaux, feminine plural modales)

  1. modal

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modal m (plural modaux)

  1. a modal verb
  2. (fabric) modal textile
    cf modal (textile)

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German

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modal (strong nominative masculine singular modaler, not comparable)

  1. modal

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Positive forms of modal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist modal sie ist modal es ist modal sie sind modal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative modaler modale modales modale
genitive modalen modaler modalen modaler
dative modalem modaler modalem modalen
accusative modalen modale modales modale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der modale die modale das modale die modalen
genitive des modalen der modalen des modalen der modalen
dative dem modalen der modalen dem modalen den modalen
accusative den modalen die modale das modale die modalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein modaler eine modale ein modales (keine) modalen
genitive eines modalen einer modalen eines modalen (keiner) modalen
dative einem modalen einer modalen einem modalen (keinen) modalen
accusative einen modalen eine modale ein modales (keine) modalen

Indonesian

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From Malay modal, from Tamil முதல் (mutal, “principal, fund, capital, money yielding interest”).[1]

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmo.d̪al]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dal

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modal (plural modal-modal)

  1. capital (the means to acquire goods and services)
  2. (figuratively) capital (goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels and office buildings)

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  1. ^ Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary, Ohio University Press, 2010, page 639

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  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dal

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modal m or f (plural modais, not comparable)

  1. modal (all senses)

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modal m (plural modais)

  1. method of transportation

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French modal.

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modal m or n (feminine singular modală, masculine plural modali, feminine and neuter plural modale)

  1. modal

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Declension of modal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite modal modală modali modale
definite modalul modala modalii modalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite modal modale modali modale
definite modalului modalei modalilor modalelor

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /moˈdal/ [moˈð̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mo‧dal

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modal m or f (masculine and feminine plural modales)

  1. modal
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Adjective

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modal (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) modal

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Inflection of modal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular modal — —
neuter singular modalt — —
plural modala — —
masculine plural2 modale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 modale — —
all modala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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