abacial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbatiālis (“abbatial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βə.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bə.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ba.siˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

abacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abacials)

1. abbatial

Related terms

• abadessa (“abbess”)
• abadia (“abbey; abbacy”)
• abat (“abbot”)

Further reading

• “abacial”, 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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abbacial (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbatiālis (“abbatial”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ba.siˈaw/ [a.ba.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.baˈsjaw/ [a.baˈsjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈsjal/ [ɐ.βɐˈsjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈsjal/ [ɐ.βɐˈsjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈsja.li/ [ɐ.βɐˈsja.li]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ci‧al

Adjective

abacial m or f (plural abaciais, comparable, comparative mais abacial, superlative o mais abacial or abacialíssimo)

1. abbatial (of, relating to, or proper for an abbot or abbey)

Related terms

• abade

Further reading

• “abacial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “abacial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbatiālis (“abbatial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈθjal/ [a.β̞aˈθjal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abaˈsjal/ [a.β̞aˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧cial

Adjective

abacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural abaciales)

1. abbatial

   Synonym: abadengo

Related terms

• abad
• abadesa
• abadía

Further reading

• “abacial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024