ritual

See also Ritual, and rituál

English

Alternative forms

• rituall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin adjective ritualis, from noun rituum, rite, + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɪ.tʃu.əl/

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Adjective

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)

1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

   They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.

Derived terms

• ritually

Translations

related to a rite

Catalan: ritual (ca) m. and f. Czech: rituální (cs) Finnish: rituaalinen (fi)

Hungarian: rituális (hu), szertartásos (hu), ünnepélyes (hu) Polish: rytualny m., obrzędowy m. Russian: ритуальный (ru) m., ритуальная (ru) f., ритуальное (ru) n.

Noun

ritual (plural rituals)

1. rite; a repeated set of actions

   They carried out the ritual carefully.

Derived terms

• ritualisation, ritualization
• ritualise, ritualize
• ritualist
• ritualistic
• ritually

Translations

rite

Arabic: شَعِيرَة (šaʕīra) f., مَرَاسِم (marāsim) m., طُقُوس (ʈuqūs) pl. Armenian: ծես (çes), արարողություն (hy) (araroġut’yun) Chinese: 儀式, 仪式 (yíshì) Czech: rituál (cs) m. Danish: ritual (da) n. Dutch: ritueel (nl) n. Esperanto: ritaro (eo) Finnish: rituaali (fi) French: rituel (fr) m. Georgian: რიტუალი (rituali) German: Ritual (de) n. Greek: τελετουργικό (el) (teletourgikó) n. Hebrew: טקס (he) (tekes) m. Hungarian: szertartás (hu), rítus (hu) Italian: rituale (it) m.

Japanese: 儀式 (ぎしき, gishiki) Korean: 의례 (uirye) Polish: rytuał m., obrządek m. Portuguese: ritual (pt) m., rito (pt) m. Russian: ритуал (ru) (rituál) m. Scots: reetual Scottish Gaelic: deas-gnàth (gd) m. Serbian: obred (sr) m. Spanish: ritual (es) m. Thai: พิธี (pítee) Turkish: ayin (tr) Welsh: defod (cy) Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can Albanian: please add this translation if you can

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ritǔaːl/
• Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

Noun

ritùāl m. (Cyrillic spelling риту̀а̄л)

1. ritual

Declension

    declension of ritual

	singular	plural
nominative	ritùāl	rituali
genitive	rituála	rituala
dative	ritualu	ritualima
accusative	ritual	rituale
vocative	rituale	rituali
locative	ritualu	ritualima
instrumental	ritualom	ritualima

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Spanish

Adjective

ritual m. and f. (plural rituales)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m. (plural rituales)

1. rite