optional
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
optional (not comparable)
- Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
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On that beach clothing is entirely optional.
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Translations[edit]
not compulsory
Noun[edit]
optional (plural optionals)
- Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
- (programming) In the Swift programming language, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.
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German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
optional (not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of optional
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist optional | sie ist optional | es ist optional | sie sind optional | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | optionaler | optionale | optionales | optionale |
genitive | optionalen | optionaler | optionalen | optionaler | |
dative | optionalem | optionaler | optionalem | optionalen | |
accusative | optionalen | optionale | optionales | optionale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der optionale | die optionale | das optionale | die optionalen |
genitive | des optionalen | der optionalen | des optionalen | der optionalen | |
dative | dem optionalen | der optionalen | dem optionalen | den optionalen | |
accusative | den optionalen | die optionale | das optionale | die optionalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein optionaler | eine optionale | ein optionales | (keine) optionalen |
genitive | eines optionalen | einer optionalen | eines optionalen | (keiner) optionalen | |
dative | einem optionalen | einer optionalen | einem optionalen | (keinen) optionalen | |
accusative | einen optionalen | eine optionale | ein optionales | (keine) optionalen |
Further reading[edit]
- optional in Duden online
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English optional.
Noun[edit]
optional m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
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