speciale

See also: Speciale and spéciale

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧ale

Adjective

speciale

1. inflection of speciaal:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto speciala

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

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Polish -einflu.

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Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto speciale

From speciala (“special”, adjective) + -e (“-ly”, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spet͡siˈale/

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• Rhymes: -ale
• Syllabification: spe‧ci‧a‧le

Adverb

speciale

1. particularly; specially (for a special purpose)
   • 1903, Ludoviko Lazaro Zamenhofo, “VI [6]: Artikoloj pri Esperanto: El la unua libro de la lingvo Esperanto [VI [6]: Articles about Esperanto: From the first book of the Esperanto language]”, in Fundamenta Krestomatio de la lingvo Esperanto [Fundamental Chrestomathy of the Esperanto language]‎^[1], 2. edition, Parizo: Hachette et Compagnie, published 1905:

     Mi ne parolos tie ĉi vaste pri tio, kian grandegan signifon havus por la homaro la enkonduko de unu komune akceptita lingvo internacia, kiu prezentus egalrajtan propraĵon de la tuta mondo, apartenante speciale al neniu el la ekzistantaj nacioj.

     I will not speak here at length about the enormous significance for humanity of the introduction of one commonly accepted international language, which would represent an equal property of the entire world, belonging particularly to none of the existing nations.

Further reading

• “speciale”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Italian

Etymology

From Latin speciālis (“specific”, “particular”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speˈt͡ʃa.le/

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• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: spe‧cià‧le

Adjective

speciale m or f by sense (plural speciali, superlative specialissimo)

1. special
2. particular, peculiar
3. (relational) (top)-quality; premium, outstanding
4. curious, singular

Synonyms

• particolare
• scelto
• straordinario

Antonyms

• comune
• ordinario

Derived terms

• specialista
• specialità
• specializzare
• specialmente
• specie

Noun

speciale m (plural speciali)

1. (television) special
2. (skiing: short form for) slalom speciale; special slalom

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [spɛ.kiˈaː.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [spe.t͡ʃiˈaː.le]
• Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧ā‧le

Adjective

speciāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of speciālis

References

• "speciale", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle French

Adjective

speciale

1. feminine singular of special

Romanian

Adjective

speciale

1. feminine and neuter plural of special