substancial

English

Adjective

substancial (comparative more substancial, superlative most substancial)

1. Obsolete form of substantial.
   • 1553, “The Seconde Chapitre. An Acte for the True Making of Woullen Clothes.”, in Anno III. & IIII. Edwardi Sexti. Actes Made in the Session of This Present Parlament, Holden vpon Prorogation at Westminster, the. IIII Daie of Nouembre, in the Third Yere of the Reigne of Our Most Dread Souuereine Lord Edward the. VI […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, printer to the Kinges Maiestie, →OCLC, folio iiij, recto:

     [N]o perſone, or perſones, occupiyng the ſeate of diẽg, ſhal die, or altre into colours, or cauſe to be died, or altred into colours, any wollen clothes, as broune blewes, pieukes, tawnies, or violettes, except the ſame wollẽ clothes be perfeictly boiled, greined or madered vpon the woade, & ſhot with good, and ſufficient corke, or orchal after a due, ſubſtancial, & ſufficient maner of workemanſhip, according to thauncient workmanſhip in time paſt vſed, vpõ peine for euery defalt to forfeite .xx. s̃.

   • 1566 January, Nicholas Saunder, The Supper of Our Lord Set Foorth According to the Truth of the Gospell and Catholike Faith. […], Leuven: Apud Ioannem Foulerum, →OCLC, folio 209, recto:

     Moꝛeouer S. Paule wꝛiting after the ſupper was paſt, doth interpꝛete the verbe (is) as plainly, as can be deuiſed: to ſignifie a ſubſtancial, and not an accidentall being.

   • 1606, Thomas Fitzherbert, The First Part of a Treatise Concerning Policy, and Religion. […], Douai: […] Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, page 450:

     Thus ſaith the Preacher, notably correcting the curioſity of men, in ſearching into the ſecrets of God, & this I haue thought good to touch here by the waie, though breefely, becauſe I wold not digreſſe to farr from my principal martter, referring the furder, and more ſubſtancial diſcourſe of this point, […]

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin substantiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sups.tən.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sups.tan.siˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

substancial m or f (masculine and feminine plural substancials)

1. substantial

   Antonym: insubstancial

Derived terms

• substancialment

Related terms

• substància

Further reading

• “substancial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “substancial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “substancial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “substancial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin substantiālis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /subs.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /subs.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [subʃ.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjal/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjal/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.li/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.li]

Adjective

substancial m or f (plural substanciais)

1. substantial
2. basic, fundamental

Related terms

• substância

Further reading

• “substancial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “substancial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Adjective

substancial m or f (masculine and feminine plural substanciales)

1. alternative form of sustancial

Derived terms

• substancialmente

Further reading

• “substancial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024