theoretical

English

Etymology

From Middle English theorothycall, probably from Latin theōrēticus + -al, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌθi.əˈɹɛtɪkəl/, /ˌθɪə̯ˈɹɛtɪkəl/

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Adjective

theoretical (comparative more theoretical, superlative most theoretical)

1. Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

   Antonym: practical

Derived terms

• intertheoretical
• intratheoretical
• nontheoretical

 

Translations

of or relating to theory

• Arabic: نَظَرِيّ‎ (naẓariyy)
• Armenian: տեսական (hy) (tesakan)
• Asturian: teóricu
• Belarusian: тэарэты́чны (tearetýčny), акадэмі́чны (akademíčny)
• Catalan: teòric (ca)
• Czech: teoretický (cs)
• Danish: teoretisk
• Dutch: theoretisch (nl)
• Esperanto: teoria (eo)
• Estonian: teoreetiline
• Faroese: ástøðiligur
• Finnish: teoreettinen (fi)
• French: théorique (fr)
• Galician: teórico
• German: theoretisch (de)
• Greek: θεωρητικός (el) (theoritikós)
• Hindi: इल्मी (ilmī), सैद्धांतिक (hi) (saiddhāntik), सैद्धान्तिक (hi) (saiddhāntik)
• Hungarian: elméleti (hu)
• Ido: teoriala (io)
• Indonesian: teoretis (id)
• Irish: teoiriciúil
• Italian: teorico (it)
• Latin: doctrīnālis
• Latvian: teorētisks
• Macedonian: теоре́тски (teorétski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teoretisk (no)

  Nynorsk: teoretisk

• Persian: تئوریک‎ (fa) (te'orik)
• Polish: teoretyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: teórico (pt)
• Romanian: teoretic (ro), teoric (dated)
• Russian: теорети́ческий (ru) (teoretíčeskij), академи́чный (ru) (akademíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: teorétičen
• Spanish: teórico (es)
• Swedish: teoretisk (sv)
• Turkish: teorik (tr), kuramsal (tr)
• Ukrainian: теорети́чний (teoretýčnyj)
• Urdu: علمی‎ (ur)
• Volapük: teorik (vo), teorodik