paradoxal

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English

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Etymology

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From paradox +‎ -al.

Adjective

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paradoxal (comparative more paradoxal, superlative most paradoxal)

  1. Obsolete form of paradoxical.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From paradoxa +‎ -al.

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Adjective

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paradoxal m or f (masculine and feminine plural paradoxals)

  1. paradoxical

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French paradoxal (first attested in 1588). By surface analysis, paradoxe +‎ -al.

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Adjective

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paradoxal (feminine paradoxale, masculine plural paradoxaux, feminine plural paradoxales)

  1. paradoxical
    Antonym: endoxal
  2. paradox-loving

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: paradoxal
  • Turkish: paradoksal

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔˈksal/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔˈksaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔˈksa.li/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔˈksa.li]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧do‧xal

Adjective

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paradoxal m or f (plural paradoxais)

  1. paradoxical

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French paradoxal. By surface analysis, paradox +‎ -al.

Adjective

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paradoxal m or n (feminine singular paradoxală, masculine plural paradoxali, feminine and neuter plural paradoxale)

  1. paradoxical

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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paradox +‎ -al

Adjective

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paradoxal

  1. paradoxical

Declension

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Inflection of paradoxal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular paradoxal mer paradoxal mest paradoxal
Neuter singular paradoxalt mer paradoxalt mest paradoxalt
Plural paradoxala mer paradoxala mest paradoxala
Masculine plural3 paradoxale mer paradoxala mest paradoxala
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 paradoxale mer paradoxale mest paradoxale
All paradoxala mer paradoxala mest paradoxala
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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