modal

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin modalis (“pertaining to a mode”), from Latin modus (“mode”); see mode. Compare to French, Spanish and Portuguese modal and Italian modale.

Pronunciation

Wikipedia

• Rhymes: -əʊdəl

Adjective

modal (comparative more modal, superlative most modal)

1. of, or relating to a mode or modus
2. (grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
3. (music) of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient - and in medieval ecclesiastical music
4. (logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions
5. (statistics) relating to the statistical mode.
6. (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
7. (computer science) requiring immediate user interaction (often used as modal dialog or modal window)

Synonyms

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• forming
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Derived terms

terms derived from modal

modality modally modal auxiliary

modal logic modal particle

Related terms

terms related to modal

mode model, modeler moderate, moderation, moderator

module modulus

Translations

of, relating to, or describing a mode or modus

Dutch: modaal, modus-

of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause

Dutch: modaal (nl) French: modal (fr)

German: modal (de)

of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided

Dutch: modaal, modus-

of, relating to, or describing two modality between the prepositions in logic

Dutch: modaal (nl)

of, relating to, relating to the statistical mode

Dutch: modaal, modus-

requiring immediate computer user interaction

Dutch: modaal (nl)

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French: modal German: modal Spanish: modal

Noun

modal (plural modals)

1. (logic) A modal proposition
2. (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.

Translations

requiring immediate computer user interaction

Dutch: modale propositie

modal form, notably a modal auxiliary

Dutch: modale vorm

External links

• modal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• modal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• dolma
• domal
• MOALD

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus 'mode'.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Belgium)

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Adjective

modal m. (f. modale, m. plural modaux, f. plural modales)

1. modal

Derived terms

• modalité
• amodal

Noun

modal m. (plural modaux)

1. a modal verb

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Spanish

Adjective

modal m. and f. (plural modales)

1. modal

Related terms

• modales
• modalidad