curial
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French curial, from Latin cūriālis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkjʊəɹɪəl/
Adjective
curial (comparative more curial, superlative most curial)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a court; courtly.
- Pertaining to the papal curia.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 116:
- In favouring the well-connected, politically and culturally sophisticated Italian merchants and diplomats who regularly arrived in England on curial business Henry killed two birds with one stone, gratifying popes by the attention and respect shown to their intimates, and employing them as his own eyes and ears at Rome […].
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 116:
Noun
curial (plural curials)
- A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.
Anagrams
- Ulrica, Uralic, lauric, uracil
French
Etymology
From Latin curialis.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
curial (feminine curiale, masculine plural curiaux, feminine plural curiales)
- curial (all senses)
Related terms
- curie
Further reading
- “curial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin curialis or French curial.
Adjective
curial m or n (feminine singular curială, masculine plural curiali, feminine and neuter plural curiale)
- curial
Declension
Declension of curial
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | curial | curială | curiali | curiale | ||
| definite | curialul | curiala | curialii | curialele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | curial | curiale | curiali | curiale | ||
| definite | curialului | curialei | curialilor | curialelor | |||
References
- curial in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin curialis.
Adjective
curial (plural curiales)
- curial
Related terms
- curia
Further reading
- “curial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014