virginal
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Etymology edit
From Middle English virginal, from Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.
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virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)
- Being or resembling a virgin.
- Uncontaminated or pure.
- (zoology) Parthenogenic.
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virginal (plural virginal or virginals)
- (music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
- 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, in Friday's Business[1]:
- His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.
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French edit
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virginal (feminine virginale, masculine plural virginaux, feminine plural virginales)
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virginal m (plural virginaux)
Further reading edit
- “virginal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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virginal m or f (plural virginais)
- virginal (relating to virgins)
- virgin: immaculate; chaste; untouched
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:virginal.
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virginal m (plural virginais)
- virginal (instrument)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French virginal, from Latin virginalus. By surface analysis, virgină + -al.
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virginal m or n (feminine singular virginală, masculine plural virginali, feminine and neuter plural virginale)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | virginal | virginală | virginali | virginale | ||
definite | virginalul | virginala | virginalii | virginalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | virginal | virginale | virginali | virginale | ||
definite | virginalului | virginalei | virginalilor | virginalelor |
References edit
- virginal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish edit
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virginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural virginales)
Further reading edit
- “virginal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014