focal

English

Adjective

focal (not comparable)

1. Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus
2. (medicine) limited to a small area

Derived terms

• focal length
• focal plane
• focal point

Translations

belonging to or concerning a focus

Catalan: focal (ca) Finnish: polttopiste- Italian: focale (it)

Norwegian: fokuseringspunkt (no) Spanish: focal (es)

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French

Adjective

focal m. (f. focale, m. plural focaux, f. plural focales)

1. focal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish focul, from Latin vocābulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈfˠɔkəl̪ˠ]

Noun

focal m.

1. word

Inflection

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative focal focail Vocative a fhocail a fhocala Genitive focail focal Dative focal focail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an focal na focail Genitive an fhocail na bhfocal Dative leis an bhfocal don fhocal leis na focail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
focal	fhocal	bhfocal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• foclóir
• foclach