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): /ˈɹɪ.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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 儀式的, 仪式的 (yíshì de)

• Czech: rituální (cs)
• Finnish: rituaalinen
• French: rituel (fr) m
• Georgian: რიტუალური (riṭualuri)
• German: rituell (de)
• Hungarian: rituális (hu), szertartásos (hu), ünnepélyes (hu)
• Italian: rituale (it)

• Japanese: 儀式の (gishiki no)
• Latvian: rituāls (lv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rituell

  Nynorsk: rituell

• Polish: rytualny (pl) m, obrzędowy m
• Portuguese: ritual (pt), ritualístico
• Russian: ритуа́льный (ru) (rituálʹnyj), обря́довый (ru) (obrjádovyj)
• Swedish: rituell (sv)

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 (hy) (ces), արարողություն (ararołutʿyun)
• Azeri: ayin (az)
• 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 (zh), 典礼 (zh) (diǎnlǐ)

• Czech: rituál m, obřad (cs) m
• Danish: ritual n
• Dutch: ritueel (nl) n
• Esperanto: ritaro, ritualo
• Finnish: rituaali (fi)
• French: rituel (fr) m
• Galician: ritual
• Georgian: რიტუალი (riṭuali)
• German: Ritual (de) n
• Greek: τελετουργικό (el) n (teletourgikó)
• Hebrew: טקס‎ (he) m (tekes)
• Hungarian: szertartás (hu), rítus (hu), rituálé (hu)
• Irish: deasghnáth m
• Italian: rituale (it) m
• Japanese: 儀式 (ja) (ぎしき, gishiki)
• Kashubian: ritual m, obrząd m
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 의식 (ko) (uisik) (儀式 (ko)), 의례 (ko) (uirye)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: carmen (la) n

• Latvian: rituāls (lv) m, rits (lv) m
• Macedonian: ритуал m (ritual), обред m (obred)
• Maori: whakaritenga, ritenga
• Norman: rituel m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ritual n

  Nynorsk: ritual n

• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: آیین‎ (fa) (âyin)
• Polish: rytuał (pl) m, obrządek (pl) m, obrzęd (pl) m
• Portuguese: ritual (pt) m, rito (pt) m
• Russian: ритуа́л (ru) m (rituál), обря́д (ru) m (obrjád)
• Scots: reetual
• Scottish Gaelic: deas-ghnàth m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: обред m, ритуал m

  Roman: obred (sh) m, ritual (sh) m

• Slovak: rituál m, obrad m
• Slovene: ritual m, obred (sl) m
• Spanish: ritual (es) m
• Swedish: ritual (sv) c
• Tagalog: sulinaw
• Thai: พิธี (th) (pítee)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ayin (tr), ritüel (tr)
• Ukrainian: ритуал m (rytuál), обряд m (obrjád)
• Welsh: defod (cy)

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Catalan

Noun

ritual m (plural rituals)

1. ritual

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Adjective

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

1. ritual

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)

1. a ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)

1. a ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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 (plural rituales)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituales)

1. rite