predial

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdiəl

Etymology 1

Adjective

predial (comparative more predial, superlative most predial)

1. Alternative form of praedial.

Noun

predial (plural predials)

1. Alternative form of praedial.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

English dial

English predial

From pre- + dial.

Verb

predial (third-person singular simple present predials, present participle (US) predialing or (UK) predialling, simple past and past participle (US) predialed or (UK) predialled)

1. (transitive) To dial in advance.

   a predialled telephone number

Anagrams

• prelaid, lip-read, pedrail, parlied, lipread

Portuguese

Etymology

From prédio (“estate; building”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [pɾe.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈd͡ʒjaw/ [pɾeˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈdjal/ [pɾɨˈðjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈdjal/ [pɾɨˈðjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈdja.li/ [pɾɨˈðja.li]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: pre‧di‧al

Adjective

predial m or f (plural prediais)

1. (law, relational) real estate; predial
2. (relational) building (relating to buildings)

Related terms

• prédio

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish predio

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish predial

From predio + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈdjal/ [pɾeˈð̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pre‧dial

Adjective

predial m or f (masculine and feminine plural prediales)

1. (relational) real estate; property

Further reading

• “predial”, 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