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See also: Provincial
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French provincial, from Latin provincialis (“province”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/, /pɹɒˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/, /pɹɑˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective[edit]
provincial (comparative more provincial, superlative most provincial)
- Of or pertaining to a province.
- a provincial government
- a provincial dialect
- Constituting a province.
- Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
- 1856, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Samuel Johnson
- […] fond of exhibiting provincial airs and graces.
- 1856, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Samuel Johnson
- Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude
- 2011, KD McCrite, In Front of God and Everybody
- That awful little Cedar Whatever is no thriving megalopolis, and you people are so provincial, it's appalling.
- 2011, KD McCrite, In Front of God and Everybody
- Narrow; illiberal.
- Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
- a provincial synod
- Limited in outlook; narrow.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to a province
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exhibiting the ways or manners of a province
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not cosmopolitan or polished
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of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province
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limited in outlook; narrow
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Noun[edit]
provincial (plural provincials)
- A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
- (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 700:
- The Franciscan provincial Diego de Landa set up a local Inquisition which unleashed a campaign of interrogation and torture on the Indio population.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 700:
- A country bumpkin.
Translations[edit]
monastic superior who directs a province of an order
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective[edit]
provincial (masculine and feminine plural provincials)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin provincialis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
provincial (feminine singular provinciale, masculine plural provinciaux, feminine plural provinciales)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
provincial m (plural provinciaux)
- people from the provinces/regions
Further reading[edit]
- “provincial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese[edit]
Adjective[edit]
provincial (plural provinciais, comparable)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin provincialis
Noun[edit]
provincial m (plural provinciali)
Declension[edit]
Declension of provincial
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) provincial | provincialul | (niște) provinciali | provincialii |
genitive/dative | (unui) provincial | provincialului | (unor) provinciali | provincialilor |
vocative | provincialule | provincialilor |
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
provincial (plural provinciales)
Derived terms[edit]
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