descomunal
Catalan
Etymology
From older descominal, influenced by Spanish descomunal.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /dəs.ko.muˈnal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /dəs.ku.muˈnal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /des.ko.muˈnal/
Adjective
descomunal (masculine and feminine plural descomunals)
- extraordinary
- Synonym: extraordinari
Derived terms
- descomunalment
Further reading
- “descomunal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “descomunal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “descomunal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + comunal.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.ko.muˈnaw/ [des.ko.muˈnaʊ̯], /d͡ʒis.ko.muˈnaw/ [d͡ʒis.ko.muˈnaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.ko.muˈnaw/ [deʃ.ko.muˈnaʊ̯], /d͡ʒiʃ.ko.muˈnaw/ [d͡ʒiʃ.ko.muˈnaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.ko.muˈnaw/ [des.ko.muˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.ku.muˈnal/ [dɨʃ.ku.muˈnaɫ]
- Hyphenation: des‧co‧mu‧nal
Adjective
descomunal m or f (plural descomunais)
- extraordinary
- Synonyms: extraordinário, fantástico
- enormous, huge, colossal
- Synonyms: enorme, gigante, colossal
Further reading
- “descomunal” in Dicionário Online de Português.
Spanish
Etymology
des- + comunal
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskomuˈnal/ [d̪es.ko.muˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: des‧co‧mu‧nal
Adjective
descomunal (plural descomunales)
- extraordinary
- Synonym: extraordinario
- enormous, huge
- Synonyms: enorme, gigante
Derived terms
- descomunalmente
Further reading
- “descomunal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014