palatial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French palatial, formed from the root of Latin palātium (“a palace”), from Palātium (“Palatine Hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈleɪʃəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

palatial (comparative more palatial, superlative most palatial)

1. Of or relating to a palace.
2. On a grand scale; with very rich furnishings.

   The home where he lived was palatial.

   • 1933, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter I, in The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published 1934, →OCLC, page 1:

     But during those two years for some reason or other the house had fallen into premature and rapid decay. With a very few months an air of mustiness began to hang over the once palatial residence of the rich foreign financier.

Derived terms

• palatially

Related terms

• palace
• palatine

Translations

of or relating to a palace

• Bulgarian: дворцов (dvorcov)
• German: Palast- (de)
• Portuguese: palaciano (pt) m, palatino (pt) m, palacego m, palaciego m
• Russian: дворцовый (ru) (dvorcovyj)
• Spanish: palacial, palaciego

on a grand scale

• German: palastartig (de)

with very rich furnishings

• Bulgarian: разкошен (bg) (razkošen)
• Portuguese: palaciano (pt) m, suntuoso (pt) m

French

Etymology

From palais +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.sjal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

palatial (feminine palatiale, masculine plural palatiaux, feminine plural palatiales)

1. palatial

Further reading

• “palatial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.