papal
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English papal, from Old French papal and Medieval Latin pāpālis (“papal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpeɪpəl/, [ˈpʰeɪ̯.p(ʰ)əɫ]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪpəl
Adjective
[edit]papal (comparative more papal, superlative most papal)
- Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
- 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
- In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.
Derived terms
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[edit]Asturian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]papal (epicene, plural papales)
- papal (related to the pope or papacy)
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]papal m or f (masculine and feminine plural papals)
- papal
- Synonyms: pontifical, pontifici
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “papal”, 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
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin papālis. By surface analysis, pape + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]papal (feminine papale, masculine plural papaux, feminine plural papales)
- papal
- Near-synonym: pontifical
- bulle papale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
[edit]- “papal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin papālis. By surface analysis, papa + -al.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]papal m or f (plural papais)
- papal (related to the pope or papacy)
Further reading
[edit]- “papal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “papal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French papal. By surface analysis, papă + -al.
Adjective
[edit]papal m or n (feminine singular papală, masculine plural papali, feminine/neuter plural papale)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | papal | papală | papali | papale | ||
| definite | papalul | papala | papalii | papalele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | papal | papale | papali | papale | ||
| definite | papalului | papalei | papalilor | papalelor | |||
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin papālis, from Ecclesiastical Latin papa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]papal m or f (masculine and feminine plural papales)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “papal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Volapük
[edit]Noun
[edit]papal (genitive papala, plural papals)
Declension
[edit]| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | papal | papals |
| Genitive | papala | papalas |
| Dative | papale | papales |
| Accusative | papali | papalis |
| Predicative1 | papalu | papalus |
| Vocative | o papal | o papals |
- Introduced in Volapük Nulik.
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- Rhymes:English/eɪpəl
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- English lemmas
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/al
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw
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