nadal

See also: Nadal, Nadâl, and nädal

Catalan

Alternative forms

• Nadal

Proper noun

nadal m

1. Christmas

Noun

nadal m (plural nadals)

1. an occasion of Christmas

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Galician

Alternative forms

• natal (southern Galicia)

Etymology

13th century. From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈðal/

Noun

nadal m

1. Christmas Day

   Synonym: Nadal

2. Christmas

   Synonym: Nadal

3. December

   Synonym: decembro

References

• “nadal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “nadal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “nadal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “nadal” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “nadal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old Occitan

Etymology

Latin natalis.

Proper noun

nadal m (nominative singular nadals)

1. Christmas (date commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ)

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “natalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 70, page 37

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.dal/

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Adverb

nadal

1. still (now just like earlier)

Further reading

• nadal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ˈdal/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

nadal m (plural nadales)

1. (dated) Christmas day, Nativity day

Related terms

• Navidad