paradoxal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English paradox

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English paradoxal

From paradox + -al.

Adjective

paradoxal (comparative more paradoxal, superlative most paradoxal)

1. Obsolete form of paradoxical.

Derived terms

• paradoxally

References

• “paradoxal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

From paradoxa +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pə.ɾə.ðukˈsal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.ɾə.ðokˈsal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pa.ɾa.ðokˈsal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

paradoxal m or f (masculine and feminine plural paradoxals)

1. paradoxical

Derived terms

• paradoxalment

Further reading

• “paradoxal”, 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
• “paradoxal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “paradoxal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “paradoxal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.dɔk.sal/

• Rhymes: -al

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Homophones: paradoxale, paradoxales

Adjective

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

1. paradoxical

   Antonym: endoxal

2. paradox-loving

Derived terms

• paradoxalement
• paradoxalité

Related terms

• paradoxe
• paradoxer

Descendants

• → Romanian: paradoxal
• → Turkish: paradoksal

Further reading

• “paradoxal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.dokˈsaw/ [pa.ɾa.dokˈsaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔkˈsal/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔkˈsaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔkˈsal/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔkˈsaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔkˈsa.li/

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

Adjective

paradoxal m or f (plural paradoxais)

1. paradoxical

Derived terms

• paradoxalmente

Further reading

• “paradoxal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “paradoxal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. paradoxical

Declension

Declension of paradoxal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	paradoxal		paradoxală	paradoxali	paradoxale
	definite	paradoxalul		paradoxala	paradoxalii	paradoxalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	paradoxal		paradoxale	paradoxali	paradoxale
	definite	paradoxalului		paradoxalei	paradoxalilor	paradoxalelor

Swedish

Etymology

paradox +‎ -al

Adjective

paradoxal

1. paradoxical

Declension

Inflection of paradoxal

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	paradoxal	mer paradoxal	mest paradoxal
neuter singular	paradoxalt	mer paradoxalt	mest paradoxalt
plural	paradoxala	mer paradoxala	mest paradoxala
masculine plural2	paradoxale	mer paradoxala	mest paradoxala
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	paradoxale	mer paradoxale	mest paradoxale
all	paradoxala	mer paradoxala	mest paradoxala

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• “paradoxal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “paradoxal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “paradoxal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)