ritual

See also: Ritual and rituál

English

Alternative forms

• rituall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin adjective rītuālis, from noun rītuum (“rite”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪ.tʃu.əl/

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Adjective

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)

1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

   They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.

Derived terms

• ritually

Translations

related to a rite

• Catalan: ritual (ca) m, f
• Czech: rituální (cs)
• Finnish: rituaalinen
• German: rituell

• Hungarian: rituális (hu), szertartásos (hu), ünnepélyes (hu)
• Latvian: rituāls (lv)
• Polish: rytualny (pl) m, obrzędowy m
• Russian: ритуальный (ru) (rituálʹnyj), обрядовый (ru) (obrjádovyj)

Noun

ritual (plural rituals)

1. rite; a repeated set of actions

   They carried out the ritual carefully.

Derived terms

• ritualisation, ritualization
• ritualise, ritualize
• ritualist
• ritualistic
• ritually

Translations

rite

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: شَعِيرَة f (šaʿīra), مَرَاسِم m (marāsim), طُقُوس m pl (ṭuqūs)
• Armenian: ծես (ces), արարողություն (ararołutʿyun)
• Azeri: ayin
• Belarusian: рытуал m (rytuál), абрад m (abrád)
• Bulgarian: ритуал (bg) m (rituál), обред (bg) m (obred)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 儀式 (zh), 仪式 (zh) (yíshì), 典禮, 典礼 (zh) (diǎnlǐ)

• Czech: rituál m, obřad m
• Danish: ritual n
• Dutch: ritueel (nl) n
• Esperanto: ritaro, ritualo
• Finnish: rituaali
• French: rituel (fr) m
• Georgian: რიტუალი (rituali)
• German: Ritual (de) n
• Greek: τελετουργικό (el) n (teletourgikó)
• Hebrew: טקס (he) m (tekes)
• Hungarian: szertartás (hu), rítus (hu), rituálé (hu)
• Italian: rituale (it) m

• Japanese: 儀式 (ja) (ぎしき, gishiki)
• Jèrriais: rituel m
• Korean: 의식 (ko) (uisik) (儀式 (ko)), 의례 (ko) (uirye)
• Latvian: rituāls (lv) m, rits (lv) m
• Macedonian: ритуал m (ritual), обред m (obred)
• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: آیین (fa) (âyin)
• Polish: rytuał (pl) m, obrządek m, obrzęd (pl) m
• Portuguese: ritual (pt) m, rito (pt) m
• Russian: ритуал (ru) m (rituál), обряд (ru) m (obrjád)
• Scots: reetual
• Scottish Gaelic: deas-ghnàth m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: обред m, ритуал m

  Roman: obred m, ritual m

• Slovak: rituál m, obrad m
• Slovene: ritual m, obred (sl) m
• Spanish: ritual (es) m
• Thai: พิธี (th) (pítee)
• Turkish: ayin (tr)
• Ukrainian: ритуал m (rytuál), обряд m (obrjád)
• Welsh: defod (cy)

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Adjective

ritual m (plural rituai, feminine rituala, feminine plural rituales)

1. ritual

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Portuguese

Adjective

ritual m, f (plural rituais; comparable)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituais)

1. ritual

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ritǔaːl/
• Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

Noun

ritùāl m (Cyrillic spelling риту̀а̄л)

1. ritual

Declension

    declension of ritual

	singular	plural
nominative	ritùāl	rituali
genitive	rituála	rituala
dative	ritualu	ritualima
accusative	ritual	rituale
vocative	rituale	rituali
locative	ritualu	ritualima
instrumental	ritualom	ritualima

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Spanish

Adjective

ritual m, f (plural rituales)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituales)

1. rite