principal
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[edit] English
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- principall (obsolete)
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[edit] Adjective
principal (comparative more principal, superlative most principal)
- Primary; most important in a group.
- Smith is the principal architect of this design.
- The principal cause of the failure was poor planning.
[edit] Usage notes
- Not to be confused with principle.
This is generally not used in the comparative or superlative in formal writing, as the meaning is already superlative. However, one may occasionally see, e.g., more principal meaning more likely to be principal or more nearly principal. There are similar issues with unique.
The confused may care to remember that 'The principal alphabetic principle places A before E' as a reminder of the relative spelling.
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[edit] Noun
principal (countable and uncountable; plural principals)
- (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated
- A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.
- (North America, Australian, New Zealand) The principal administrator of a school
- Now you're in trouble! You're going to see the principal for that.
- (law) One who directs another (the agent) to act on one's behalf
- When an attorney represents a client, the client is the principal who permits the attorney, the client's agent, to act on the client's behalf.
- (law) The primary participant in a crime
- A company represented by a sales person
- My principal sells metal shims.
- (North America) A partner or owner of a business.
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[edit] Adjective
principal m. and f. (plural principals)
- main; principal
- a partir de l'any 1799 Urgias va ser un dels principals animadors del Parnàs Alguerès
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[edit] Adjective
principal m. (f. principale, m. plural principaux, f. plural principales)
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principal m. (plural principaux; feminine principale, plural principales)
- what is most important
- principal (school administrator)
- (finance) principal (the money originally invested or loaned)
[edit] Galician
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principal m. and f. (plural principais)
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[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Adjective
principal m. and f. (plural principais; comparable)
- main (principal)
This Portuguese entry was created from the translations listed at main. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see principal in the Portuguese Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2009
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
French principal, Latin principalis
[edit] Adjective
principal 4 nom/acc forms
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | principal | principală | principali | principale | ||
| definite | principalul | principala | principalii | principalele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | principal | principale | principali | principale | ||
| definite | principalului | principalei | principalilor | principalelor | |||
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[edit] Adjective
principal m. and f. (plural principales)
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principal m. (plural principales)
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principal c.
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| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | principal | principalen | principaler | principalerna |
| genitive | principals | principalens | principalers | principalernas |
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- English adjectives
- English nouns
- en:Finance
- English uncountable nouns
- North American English
- Australian English
- New Zealand English
- en:Law
- English politically correct terms
- Catalan adjectives
- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Finance
- Galician adjectives
- Portuguese adjectives
- Tbot entries November 2009
- Tbot entries (Portuguese)
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian adjectives
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- Swedish nouns