bestiaal

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bestial.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbɛs.tiˈaːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bes‧ti‧aal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

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bestiaal (comparative bestialer, superlative bestiaalst)

  1. bestial, beastly

Declension

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Declension of bestiaal
uninflected bestiaal
inflected bestiale
comparative bestialer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bestiaal bestialer het bestiaalst
het bestiaalste
indefinite m./f. sing. bestiale bestialere bestiaalste
n. sing. bestiaal bestialer bestiaalste
plural bestiale bestialere bestiaalste
definite bestiale bestialere bestiaalste
partitive bestiaals bestialers

Noun

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bestiaal n (plural bestialen, diminutive bestiaaltje n)

  1. (historical) sale of livestock
  2. (historical) tax on the sale of livestock
  3. (obsolete) livestock, cattle