territorial
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
territorial (comparative more territorial, superlative most territorial)
- Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
- Of or relating to geography or territory.
- 1918, Woodrow Wilson, “Fourteen Points,” pages 6–7:
- Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.
- 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:, page 2:
- Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc.
- 1918, Woodrow Wilson, “Fourteen Points,” pages 6–7:
- (often capitalized) Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
- (biology) Displaying territoriality.
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Translations[edit]
of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory
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Noun[edit]
territorial (plural territorials)
- A non-professional member of a territorial army.
- 2013, Ira A. Hunt Jr., Losing Vietnam: How America Abandoned Southeast Asia, University Press of Kentucky (→ISBN), page 166
- The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army.
- 2013, Ira A. Hunt Jr., Losing Vietnam: How America Abandoned Southeast Asia, University Press of Kentucky (→ISBN), page 166
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territori + -al.
Adjective[edit]
territorial (masculine and feminine plural territorials)
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French territorial.
Adjective[edit]
territorial
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of territorial | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | territorial | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | territorialt | — | —2 |
| Plural | territoriale | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | territoriale | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
References[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territoire + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
territorial (feminine territoriale, masculine plural territoriaux, feminine plural territoriales)
- territorial
- Le Méliphage festonné est un oiseau territorial. ― The Western spinebill is a territorial bird.
- 1987 (transl. 1992), Panayiotis Jerasimof Vatikiotis, Odette Guitard, transl., L'Islam et l'État [Islam and the State]:
- En tant que concept politique, l'État-nation se caractérise par une autorité à base territoriale, et non par des conceptions universalistes, extra-territoriales.
- As a political concept, the nation-state is characterized by a territorially based authority, rather than universalist, extra-territorial conceptions.
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Noun[edit]
territorial m (plural territoriaux)
Further reading[edit]
- “territorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
territorial (strong nominative masculine singular territorialer, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of territorial (uncomparable)
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Further reading[edit]
- “territorial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “territorial” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “territorial” in Duden online
- “territorial” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French territorial, from Late Latin territorialis.
Adjective[edit]
territorial (masculine and feminine territorial, neuter territorialt, definite singular and plural territoriale)
References[edit]
- “territorial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “territorial” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French territorial, from Late Latin territorialis.
Adjective[edit]
territorial (masculine and feminine territorial, neuter territorialt, definite singular and plural territoriale)
References[edit]
- “territorial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to território + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
territorial m or f (plural territoriais, not comparable)
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territorio + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /teritoˈɾjal/, [t̪e.ri.t̪oˈɾjal]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Hyphenation: ter‧ri‧to‧rial
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective[edit]
territorial (plural territoriales)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “territorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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