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papal

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English papal, from Old French papal and Medieval Latin pāpālis (“papal”).

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papal (comparative more papal, superlative most papal)

  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
    • 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.

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Asturian

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papal (epicene, plural papales)

  1. papal (related to the pope or papacy)

Catalan

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From papa +‎ -al.

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papal m or f (masculine and feminine plural papals)

  1. papal
    Synonyms: pontifical, pontifici

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin papālis. By surface analysis, pape +‎ -al.

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papal (feminine papale, masculine plural papaux, feminine plural papales)

  1. papal
    Near-synonym: pontifical
    bulle papale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pal

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papal m or f (plural papais)

  1. papal (related to the pope or papacy)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French papal. By surface analysis, papă +‎ -al.

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papal m or n (feminine singular papală, masculine plural papali, feminine and neuter plural papale)

  1. papal

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Declension of papal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite papal papală papali papale
definite papalul papala papalii papalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite papal papale papali papale
definite papalului papalei papalilor papalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin papālis, from Ecclesiastical Latin papa.

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  • IPA(key): /paˈpal/ [paˈpal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pa‧pal

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papal m or f (masculine and feminine plural papales)

  1. papal

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Volapük

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Noun

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papal (nominative plural papals)

  1. pope

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Declension of papal
singular plural
nominative papal papals
genitive papala papalas
dative papale papales
accusative papali papalis
vocative 1 o papal! o papals!
predicative 2 papalu papalus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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