theoretical

English

Etymology

From theoretic +‎ -al. Compare Latin theoreticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌθiəˈɹɛtɪkl/

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• Rhymes: -ælɪti

Adjective

theoretical ‎(comparative more theoretical, superlative most theoretical)

1. Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

Derived terms

• intertheoretical
• intratheoretical
• nontheoretical

Coordinate terms

• practical

Translations

of or relating to theory

• Asturian: teóricu
• Belarusian: акадэмі́чны m ‎(akademíčny)
• Catalan: teòric
• Czech: teoretický m
• Dutch: theoretisch (nl)
• Esperanto: teoria (eo)
• Faroese: ástøðiligur
• Finnish: teoreettinen (fi)
• French: théorique (fr)
• Galician: teórico
• German: theoretisch (de)
• Greek: θεωρητικός (el) m ‎(theoritikós)
• Hindi: इल्मी ‎(ilmī), सैद्धांतिक (hi) ‎(saiddhāntik), सैद्धान्तिक (hi) ‎(saiddhāntik)
• Hungarian: elméleti (hu)
• Ido: teoriala (io)
• Irish: teoiriciúil
• Italian: teorico (it)
• Latin: doctrinalis m, f, doctrinale n

• Macedonian: теоретски m ‎(teorétski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teoretisk (no)

  Nynorsk: teoretisk

• Persian: تئوریک (fa) ‎(teorik)
• Polish: teoretyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: teórico (pt)
• Romanian: teoretic (ro), teoric (dated)
• Russian: теорети́ческий (ru) ‎(teoretíčeskij), академи́чный (ru) m ‎(akademíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: teorétičen
• Spanish: teórico (es)
• Swedish: teoretisk (sv)
• Turkish: teorik (tr), kuramsal (tr)
• Ukrainian: теорети́чний m ‎(teoretýčnyj)
• Urdu: علمی (ur)
• Volapük: teorik (vo), teorodik