Nadal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nadal"

English

Etymology

From Romance (French Nadal (“Occitan Nadal”), Spanish Nadal (“Catalan Nadal, Occitan Nadal”), Italian Nadal (“Venetan Nadal”)). From Latin natalis (“birth, birthday”).

Proper noun

Nadal (plural Nadals)

1. A surname from the Romance languages.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: Nadal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拿度

  Mandarin: 拿度

• French: Nadal (fr)
• Italian: Nadal (it)
• Occitan: Nadal (oc)
• Spanish: Nadal (es)
• Venetan: Nadal (vec)

Anagrams

• Aland, Landa, N.D. Ala., Ndala, aland

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nadal, from Latin nātālem [diēm Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal, a learnèd borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈðal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [naˈðal]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Nadal m

1. Christmas

Derived terms

• arbre de Nadal
• bon Nadal
• nadala
• nadalenc
• nit de Nadal
• púding de Nadal
• tió de Nadal

Related terms

• Natàlia

References

• “Nadal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “Nadal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “Nadal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “Nadal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• Natal (southern Galicia)

Etymology

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Compare Portuguese Natal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈðal/

Proper noun

Nadal m

1. Christmas Day
2. Christmas

Related terms

• nadal (“December”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Nadal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Nadal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Nadal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Nadal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nadal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Romansh

Etymology

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Proper noun

Nadal m

1. Christmas

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Compare Italian Natale.

Proper noun

Nadal m

1. Christmas