sacrificial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/, /ˈsæk.ɹə.fɪʃ.əl/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

Adjective

sacrificial (not comparable)

1. Relating to sacrifice

   The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.

2. Used as a sacrifice.

   The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.

   The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.

Derived terms

• sacrificial anode
• sacrificial lamb
• sacrificially
• sacrificial poet

 

Translations

relating to sacrifice

• Bulgarian: жертвен (žertven)
• Catalan: sacrificial
• Dutch: offer-
• Finnish: uhri- (fi)
• French: sacrificiel (fr)
• Italian: sacrificale (it)
• Romanian: sacrifical m or n
• Russian: же́ртвенный (ru) (žértvennyj)
• Spanish: sacrificial
• Swedish: offer-

used as a sacrifice

• Finnish: uhri- (fi)
• Russian: же́ртвенный (ru) (žértvennyj)
• Turkish: kurbanlık (tr)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.kɾi.fi.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [sa.kɾi.fi.siˈal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

sacrificial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sacrificials)

1. sacrificial

Related terms

• sacrificar
• sacrifici

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /sakɾifiˈθjal/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sakɾifiˈsjal/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sa‧cri‧fi‧cial

Adjective

sacrificial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sacrificiales)

1. sacrificial

Related terms

• sacrificar
• sacrificio

 

Further reading

• “sacrificial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014