ritual
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- rituall (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Latin adjective rītuālis, from noun rītuum (“rite”), + adjective suffix -ālis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)
- Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
- They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.
- 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 855:
- These verses are the basis for the practice of wearing a prayer shawl (tallit) with a ritual fringe (tzitzit) on each of its four corners
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Translations edit
Noun edit
ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)
- A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.
- The priests carried out the religious ritual carefully.
- 2017, Christine Honders, OCD: The Struggle with Obsessions and Compulsions, page 44:
- Despite their good intentions, family members who participate in OCD rituals help reinforce the problem.
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituals)
Noun edit
ritual m (plural rituals)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ritual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ritual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “ritual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ritual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)
Declension edit
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ritual | ritualet | ritualer | ritualerne |
genitive | rituals | ritualets | ritualers | ritualernes |
References edit
- “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog
Ladin edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ritualis, from ritus.
Noun edit
ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)
References edit
- “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ritualis, from ritus.
Noun edit
ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)
References edit
- “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al
Adjective edit
ritual m or f (plural rituais)
Noun edit
ritual m (plural rituais)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French rituel or Italian rituale.
Noun edit
ritual n (plural rituali)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ritual | ritualul | (niște) rituali | ritualile |
genitive/dative | (unui) ritual | ritualului | (unor) rituali | ritualilor |
vocative | ritualule | ritualilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ritùāl m (Cyrillic spelling риту̀а̄л)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituales)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
ritual m (plural rituales)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ritual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
ritual c or n
- ritual (set of ceremonial actions, or set of actions more generally, like in English)
- den dagliga ritualen
- the daily ritual
Usage notes edit
Neuter gender is uncommon.
Declension edit
Declension of ritual | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ritual | ritualen | ritualer | ritualerna |
Genitive | rituals | ritualens | ritualers | ritualernas |
Declension of ritual | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ritual | ritualet | ritual | ritualen |
Genitive | rituals | ritualets | rituals | ritualens |