parcial

See also: parciał

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin partiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pər.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paɾ.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [par.siˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

parcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural parcials)

1. partial (not whole)

   un eclipsi parcial ― a partial eclipse

2. partial (biased)

   un observador parcial ― a biased observer

Derived terms

• a temps parcial
• imparcial
• parcialitat
• parcialment

Related terms

• part

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈθjal/ [paɾˈθjɑɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /paɾˈθjal/ [paɾˈθjɑɫ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /paɾˈsjal/ [paɾˈsjɑɫ]

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: par‧cial

Adjective

parcial m or f (plural parciais)

1. partial

   Antonym: imparcial

Derived terms

• parcialidade
• parcialmente

Further reading

• “parcial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Middle English

Etymology

From Late Latin partiālis.

Adjective

parcial

1. partial, particular, not whole
2. biased, partial

Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin partiālis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Adjective

parcial m (feminine singular parciala, masculine plural parcials, feminine plural parcialas)

1. partial

Derived terms

• parcialament

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin partiālis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.siˈaw/ [pah.siˈaʊ̯], (faster) /paʁˈsjaw/ [pahˈsjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.siˈaw/ [pah.siˈaʊ̯], (faster) /paʁˈsjaw/ [pahˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾ.siˈaw/ [paɾ.siˈaʊ̯], (faster) /paɾˈsjaw/ [paɾˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁ.siˈaw/ [paχ.siˈaʊ̯], (faster) /paʁˈsjaw/ [paχˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /paɻ.siˈaw/ [paɻ.siˈaʊ̯], (faster) /paɻˈsjaw/ [paɻˈsjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈsjal/ [pɐɾˈsjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈsjal/ [pɐɾˈsjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈsja.li/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: par‧ci‧al

Adjective

parcial m or f (plural parciais)

1. partial (all senses)

Derived terms

• parcialmente

Related terms

• parcialidade

Descendants

• Hunsrik: parsial

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis?

Proto-Italic *partis

Latin pars, part-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin partiālisbor.

Spanish parcial

Borrowed from Late Latin partiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈθjal/ [paɾˈθjal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /paɾˈsjal/ [paɾˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: par‧cial

Adjective

parcial m or f (masculine and feminine plural parciales)

1. partial (part of a whole)

   ecuaciones diferenciales parciales ― partial differential equations

2. partial, biased (not impartial)
3. mid-term

Derived terms

• ecuación en derivadas parciales
• imparcial
• parcialmente
• tiempo parcial

Related terms

• parcialidad
• parte

Noun

parcial m (plural parciales)

1. (tennis) set

   Synonyms: set, manga

   • 2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País‎^[1]:

     seis errores en los dos primeros parciales

     six errors in the first two sets

Further reading

• “parcial”, 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