modal

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French modal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. modalis (“pertaining to a mode”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin modus (“mode”); see mode. Compare to French, Spanish and Portuguese modal and Italian modale.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

modal (comparative more modal, superlative most modal)

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  1. of, or relating to a mode or modus
  2. (grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
  3. (music) of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical music
  4. (logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions
  5. (statistics) relating to the statistical mode.
  6. (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
  7. (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed until a decision is made.
    a modal dialog; a modal window
  8. (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes

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Translations

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Noun

modal (plural modals)

  1. (logic) A modal proposition
  2. (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
  3. (grammar) modal verb
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar: A First Course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 61:
      Using the same type of distributional criterion, we could argue that only a Verb (in its base form) can occur in the position marked — in (23) below to complete the sentence:
      (23)     They/it can —
      [...]
      Conversely, the only type of word which could be used to begin a three-word sentence such as (25) below:
      (25)     — I be frank?
      is a Modal: cf. [...]
  4. (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
    • 1996, OOPSLA '96: Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications (volume 31, issues 10-12)
      Modal screen elements are subtrees which, when activated, disable all elements external to them. Examples of modals are yes-no message boxes and the application itself.

Translations

modal verb — see modal verb

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. modalis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin modus 'mode'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.dal/
  • Audio (Belgium):(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

modal (feminine modale, masculine plural modaux, feminine plural modales)

  1. modal

Derived terms

Noun

modal m (plural modaux)

  1. a modal verb

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

modal (not comparable)

  1. modal

Declension

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Tamil [Term?] [1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mo.dal/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dal

Noun

modal

  1. capital (for investment)

Derived terms

derived terms
compounds

References

  1. ^ Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary, Ohio University Press, 2010, page 639

Further reading

Portuguese

Adjective

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  1. modal (all senses)

Spanish

Adjective

modal m or f (masculine and feminine plural modales)

  1. modal
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