perceptual

English

Etymology

From Latin perceptus +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛp.tʃ(u)əl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

perceptual (comparative more perceptual, superlative most perceptual)

1. Relating to perception.
   • 2019 June 2, Joscelyn Duffy, “The Power of Perspective Taking”, in Pyschology Today‎^[1]:

     Perspective taking is a multidimensional ability that includes understanding not only someone’s visual assessment of reality (their viewpoint), but also their perceptual assessment (their understanding).

Derived terms

• extraperceptual
• interperceptual
• intraperceptual
• metaperceptual
• nonperceptual
• perceptual blindness
• perceptual control theory
• perceptuality
• perceptualize
• perceptually
• perceptualness
• perceptual set
• postperceptual
• psychoperceptual
• sensoriperceptual
• somatoperceptual
• subperceptual
• visuoperceptual

Translations

relating to perception

• Finnish: aisti- (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: perseptuell

  Nynorsk: perseptuell

• Portuguese: perceptual (Brazil), percetual (Portugal)

Anagrams

• preceptual

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sep.tuˈaw/ [peh.sep.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /peʁ.sepˈtwaw/ [peh.sepˈtwaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sep.tuˈaw/ [peh.sep.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /peʁ.sepˈtwaw/ [peh.sepˈtwaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.sep.tuˈaw/ [peɾ.sep.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /peɾ.sepˈtwaw/ [peɾ.sepˈtwaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.sep.tuˈaw/ [peχ.sep.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /peʁ.sepˈtwaw/ [peχ.sepˈtwaʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peɻ.sep.tuˈaw/ [peɻ.sep.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /peɻ.sepˈtwaw/ [peɻ.sepˈtwaʊ̯]

• Hyphenation: per‧cep‧tu‧al

Adjective

perceptual m or f (plural perceptuais)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard form of percetual

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾθebˈtwal/ [peɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪wal] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /peɾsebˈtwal/ [peɾ.seβ̞ˈt̪wal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: per‧cep‧tual

Adjective

perceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural perceptuales)

1. perceptual

Derived terms

• perceptualmente

Further reading

• “perceptual”, 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