symbolic

English

Etymology

From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός (symbolikos, “of or belonging to a symbol”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒlɪk

Adjective

symbolic (comparative more symbolic, superlative most symbolic)

1. Pertaining to a symbol.
2. Referring to something with an implicit meaning.

Derived terms

terms derived from symbolic (adjective)

symbolical symbolically

symbolics

Related terms

terms related to symbolic (adjective)

symbol symbolisation Br. symbolise Br. symbolistic symbolization

symbolize symbolism symbolist symbology symbolology

Translations

Pertaining to a symbol

• Bengali: সাংকেতিক (bn), প্রতীকী (bn)
• Czech: symbolický (cs)
• Dutch: symbolisch (nl)
• Esperanto: simbola (eo)
• Estonian: sümboolne (et)
• Finnish: symbolinen (fi)
• German: symbolisch (de)
• Hebrew: סמלי (he) (simlí), סמלית (he) (simlít)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: sembolîk (ku), remzî (ku)

• Polish: symboliczny (pl)
• Portuguese: simbólico (pt) m
• Romanian: simbolic (ro)
• Russian: символический (ru) (simvoličeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: samhlachail (gd)
• Spanish: simbólico (es)

Referring to something with an implicit meaning

• Albanian: simbolik (sq)
• Asturian: simbólicu (ast)
• Bengali: সাংকেতিক (bn), প্রতীকী (bn)
• Bulgarian: символичен (bg) (simboličen) 
• Catalan: simbòlic (ca)
• Estonian: tähistav (et)
• Finnish: vertauskuvallinen (fi)
• French: symbolique (fr)
• German: symbolisch (de)

• Hebrew: סמלי (he) (simlí) m, סמלית (he) (simlít) f, סימבולי (he) (simbóli) m, סימבולית (he) (simbólit) f
• Hungarian: jelképes (hu), szimbolikus (hu)
• Lithuanian: simbòliškas (lt), simbòlinis (lt)
• Romanian: simbolic (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: samhlachail (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: simbòličan (sh)
• Slovene: simbóličen (sl)
• Spanish: simbólico (es)