virginal

English

Etymology

From Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.

Adjective

virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)

1. Being or resembling a virgin.
2. Uncontaminated or pure.
3. (zoology) parthenogenetic

Translations

being or resembling virgin

• Albanian: i virgjër (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 處女的／处女的 (zh), 处女的 (zh) (chǔnǚ de)

• Danish: jomfruelig
• Finnish: neitseellinen (fi)
• French: virginal (fr)
• Galician: virxinal
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• Georgian: ქალწულისებური (kalc̣uliseburi), ქალწული (kalc̣uli)
• German: jungfräulich (de)
• Irish: maighdeanúil, ógh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jomfruelig

• Russian: де́вственный (ru) (dévstvennyj)
• Spanish: virginal (es), virgíneo

Noun

Virginal (instrument)

virginal (plural virginal or virginals)

1. (music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
   • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, in Friday's Business‎^[1]:

     His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.

Translations

musical instrument

• Catalan: virginal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古鍵琴／古键琴 (gǔjiànqín), 古键琴 (gǔjiànqín), 維吉那琴／维吉那琴, 维吉那琴 (wéijínàqín)

• Dutch: virginaal (nl) n
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• Finnish: virginaali
• French: virginal (fr) m
• German: Virginal n

Anagrams

• rivaling

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viʁ.ʒi.nal/

Adjective

virginal (feminine virginale, masculine plural virginaux, feminine plural virginales)

1. virginal

Noun

virginal m (plural virginaux)

1. virginal

Further reading

• “virginal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. virginal (relating to virgins)
2. virgin: immaculate; chaste; untouched

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:virginal.

Synonyms

• (immaculate): virgem, casto, imaculado

Related terms

• virgem
• virgindade

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Spanish

Adjective

1. virginal