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textual

English Edit

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Etymology Edit

From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el.[1] English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c.[2]

Pronunciation Edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/, /ˈtɛks.tʃu.əl/, /ˈtɛks.tʃəl/
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Adjective Edit

textual (comparative more textual, superlative most textual)

 
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  1. Of or pertaining to text.
    1. Of or pertaining to textuality.
      • 2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents‎[1]:
        On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.
    2. Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.
      I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.
  2. Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.

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Translations Edit

of or pertaining to text

References Edit

  1. ^ “textuē̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “textual”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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textual m or f (masculine and feminine plural textuals)

  1. textual
  2. verbatim, word-for-word

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Galician Edit

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textual m or f (plural textuais)

  1. textual
  2. verbatim, word-for-word
  3. exact, precise

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Portuguese Edit

Etymology Edit

From texto +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation Edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tes.tuˈaw/ [tes.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /tesˈtwaw/ [tesˈtwaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teʃ.tuˈaw/ [teʃ.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /teʃˈtwaw/ [teʃˈtwaʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: tex‧tu‧al

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textual m or f (plural textuais)

  1. textual
  2. exact, precise

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Romanian Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from French textuel.

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textual m or n (feminine singular textuală, masculine plural textuali, feminine and neuter plural textuale)

  1. verbatim

Declension Edit

Declension of textual
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite textual textuală textuali textuale
definite textualul textuala textualii textualele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite textual textuale textuali textuale
definite textualului textualei textualilor textualelor

Spanish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /teɡsˈtwal/ [t̪eɣ̞sˈt̪wal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: tex‧tual

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textual m or f (masculine and feminine plural textuales)

  1. exact, precise, literal
  2. textual

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